Growth patterns of Lower Palaeozoic sponges

Lethaia

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-52

  Botting, Joseph P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcarea; Demospongea; Evolution; Growth; Hexactinellida; Ordovician; Porifera; Spicules

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; GROWTH; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOZOIC; SPONGE;

CALCAREA; DEMOSPONGIAE; HEXACTINELLIDA; INVERTEBRATA; PORIFERA;

EID: 0038660623     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00241160310001263     Document Type: Article

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