Trilobite faunas from Upper Cambrian microbial reefs in the Central Appalachians

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 326-336

  Taylor, John F ^a   Loch, James D ^b   Perfetta, Patrick J ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; FAUNA; PALEOECOLOGY; REEF;

APPALACHIANS; UNITED STATES;

BUTTSIA; BUTTSIA DRABENSIS; CATILLICEPHALIDAE; CHEILOCEPHALUS; CHEILOCEPHALUS QUADRATUS; CLIFFIA; CLIFFIA LATAEGENAE; INVERTEBRATA; IRVINGELLA; IRVINGELLA MAJOR; KINDBLADIA; PSEUDOSARATOGIA; PSEUDOSARATOGIA MAGNA; QUADRATUS; SULCOCEPHALUS; TRILOBITOMORPHA; XENOCHEILUS;

EID: 0033103438     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022336000027803     Document Type: Article

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