Biogeography of the trilobita during the cambrian radiation: Deducing geological processes from trilobite evolution

Special Papers in Palaeontology

Volumn 70, Issue , 2003, Pages 59-72

  Lieberman, Bruce S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Cambrian radiation; Geo dispersal; Pannotia; Tectonics; Trilobites; Vicariance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0842315844     PISSN: 00386804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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