Early Cambrian molluscs from glacial erratics of King George Island, West Antarctica

Polish Polar Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 181-216

  Wrona, Ryszard ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Cambrian; Gondwana; Helcionelloida; Hyolitha; King George Island

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; ERRATIC; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MOLLUSC;

ANTARCTICA; KING GEORGE ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

ANABARELLA; HELCIONELLOIDEA; HYOLITHA; HYOLITHES; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0347033060     PISSN: 01380338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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