Preservation of radiolarians in the herefordshire Konservat-lagerstatte (wenlock, silurian), England, and implications for the taphonomy of the biota

Special Papers in Palaeontology

Volumn 67, Issue , 2002, Pages 205-224

  Orr, Patrick J ^a   Siveter, David J ^b   Briggs, Derek E G ^c   Siveter, Derek J ^d   Sutton, Mark D ^d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagenesis; Exceptional preservation; Herefordshire; Konservat lagerstatte; Radiolarian; Wenlock

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141487096     PISSN: 00386804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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