New Early Cambrian eocrinoids from the Iberian Chains (NE Spain) and their role in nonreefal benthic communities

Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 371-379

  Clausen, Sébastien ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Echinoderms; Lower Cambrian; Palaeoecology; Western Gondwana margin

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; ECHINODERM; FOSSIL; GONDWANA;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN CORDILLERA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

EOCRINOIDEA; RHOPALOCYSTIS MESONESENSIS;

EID: 14844355361     PISSN: 00129402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00015-004-1140-7     Document Type: Article

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