Agnostid trilobites from the Arenig—Llanvirn of South China

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Earth Sciences

Volumn 95, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 527-542

  Turvey, Samuel T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geragnostella; Geragnostus; Han; Hubei; Hunan; Micragnostus; Ordovician; Trinodus

Indexed keywords

ORDOVICIAN; TRILOBITE;

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

AGNOSTIDA; AGNOSTIDAE; DIPLAGNOSTIDAE; GERAGNOSTUS; TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 21044455330     PISSN: 02635933     EISSN: 14737116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S026359330000119X     Document Type: Article

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