Cryptic behaviour in trilobites: Cambrian and silurian examples from Canada, and other related occurrences

Special Papers in Palaeontology

Volumn 70, Issue , 2003, Pages 157-173

  Chatterton, Brian D E ^a   Collins, Desmond H ^b   Ludvigsen, Rolf ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^c Denman Institute of Research on Trilobites   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Cambrian; Canada; Palaeoecology; Silurian; Trilobite

Indexed keywords

EID: 14844361329     PISSN: 00386804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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