Early and Mid Cambrian trilobites from the outer-shelf deposits of Nevada and California, USA

Palaeontology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 945-986

  Sundberg, Frederick A ^a   McCollum, Linda B ^a  

^a EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

International correlation; Lower Middle Cambrian Boundary; Trilobites

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CAMBRIAN; LAURENTIA; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES;

CALIFORNIA; NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

ARTHROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; LAURENTIA; ONCHOCEPHALITES; ONCHOCEPHALITES CLAYTONENSIS; ONCHOCEPHALITES RUNCINATUS; ORYCTOCEPHALUS AMERICANUS; ORYCTOCEPHALUS ORIENTALIS; PARAANTAGMUS LATUS; RUNCINATUS; SYSPACEPHALUS VARIOSUS; TONOPAHELLA; TONOPAHELLA GOLDFIELDENSIS; TRILOBITA; TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 0141726733     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-4983.00328     Document Type: Article

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