The trilobite family Nileidae: Morphology and classification

Palaeontology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 635-646

  Whittington, H B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cambro Ordovician; Morphology; Nileidae; Trilobita

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; CAMBRIAN; CLASSIFICATION; MORPHOLOGY; ORDOVICIAN; TAXONOMY;

ARTHROPODA; HEMIBARRANDIA; ILLAENIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; LAKASPIS; NILEIDAE; NILEUS; PERASPIS; PROTASPIS; PSAMMOBIIDAE; SYMPHYSURINA; TRILOBITA;

EID: 0041663566     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-4983.00313     Document Type: Article

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