The earliest myodocopes: Ostracodes from the late Ordovician Soom Shale Lagerstätte of South Africa

Lethaia

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 151-160

  Gabbott, Sarah E ^a   Siveter, David J ^a   Aldridge, Richard J ^a   Theron, Johannes N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ashgill series; Myodocopes; Ordovician; Ostracoda; South Africa

Indexed keywords

MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; ORDOVICIAN; OSTRACODE; PALEOECOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

CEPHALOPODA; CYPRIDINIDAE; OSTRACODA;

EID: 0242349776     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00241160310004620     Document Type: Article

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