Disparity and constraint in olenelloid trilobites and the Cambrian Radiation

Paleobiology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 459-470

  Smith, Loren H ^a   Lieberman, Bruce S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; CAMBRIAN; EVOLUTION;

TRILOBITA;

EID: 0033502115     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0094837300020327     Document Type: Article

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