The arthropod Alalcomenaeus cambricus Simonetta, from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale of British Columbia

Palaeontology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 953-977

  Briggs, Derek E G ^a   Collins, Desmond ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; LAGERSTATTE; MORPHOLOGY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; MOUNT STEPHEN;

ALALCOMENAEUS; ALALCOMENAEUS CAMBRICUS; ARTHROPODA; GLOSSOPLEURA;

EID: 0033491674     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-4983.00104     Document Type: Article

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