Palaeoscenidiidae (Radiolaria) from the lower Silurian of the Cape Phillips Formation, Cornwallis Island, Nunavut, Canada

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 257-274

  MacDonald, Eugene W ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; NEW SPECIES; RADIOLARIA; SILURIAN;

CANADA; CORNWALLIS ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT;

GOODBODIUM RARISPINOSUM; INSOLITIGNUM; INSOLITIGNUM CANCELLATUM; INSOLITIGNUM DISSIMILE; INSOLITIGNUM PERANIMA; PALAEODECARADIUM APERTUM; PALAEODECARADIUM GORDONI; PALAEOEPHIPPIUM ARANEA; PALAEOEPHIPPIUM BIFURCUM; PALAEOEPHIPPIUM RADICES; PALAEOEPHIPPIUM RAMIPENDENTES; PALAEOEPHIPPIUM RETEFORME; PALAEOEPHIPPIUM SPINOSUM; PALAEOSCENIDIIDAE; PALAEOSCENIDIUM; PALAEOTRIPUS APERTUM; PALAEOTRIPUS MONOSPINOSNUM; PALAEOTRIPUS NUDUS; RADIOLARIA; RADIOLARIA (PROTOZOANS);

EID: 0842313100     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0022-3360(2004)078<0257:PRFTLS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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