Remarkably preserved annelid worms from the La Meseta Formation (Eocene), Seymour Island, Antarctica

Palaeontology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-13

  Schweitzer, Carrie E ^a   Feldmann, Rodney M ^a   Marenssi, Sergio ^b   Waugh, David A ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Annelida; Antarctica; Eocene; La Meseta Formation; Polychaeta; Seymour Island; Worm

Indexed keywords

ANNELID; EOCENE; FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; SEYMOUR ISLAND; WEST ANTARCTICA; WORLD;

ANNELIDA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 13444265937     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2004.00440.x     Document Type: Article

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