Paleobiologic and taphonomic aspects of the 'granulosa' trilobite cluster, Kope Formation (Upper Ordovician, Cincinnati Region)

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 306-319

  Hughes, Nigel C ^a   Cooper, Dan L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; INVERTEBRATE; PALEOBIOLOGY;

CINCINNATI; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; LETHRINIDAE; TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 0033103434     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022336000027785     Document Type: Article

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