Assessing trilobite biodiversity change in the Ordovician of the British Isles

Geological Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 279-290

  McCormick, Tim ^b   Owen, Alan W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avalonia; Biodiversity; Database; Ordovician; Trilobite; Welsh basin

Indexed keywords

AVALONIA; BIODIVERSITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOECOLOGY;

UNITED KINGDOM; WELSH BASIN;

TRILOBITA;

EID: 0034793196     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.881     Document Type: Article

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