Early Ordovician (Arenig) trilobite palaeoecology and palaeobiogeography of the South China plate

Palaeontology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 519-547

  Turvey, Samuel T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asian terranes; Association; Biogeography; Ordovician; South China; Trilobite

Indexed keywords

ARENIGIAN; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; TRILOBITE;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

ILLAENIDAE; NESEURETUS; NILEIDAE; PSAMMOBIIDAE; TAIHUNGSHANIA; TRILOBITA;

EID: 19844384071     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2005.00468.x     Document Type: Review

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