Deconstructing helicoplacoids: Reinterpreting the most enigmatic Cambrian echinoderms

Geological Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 281-293

  Sprinkle, James ^a   Wilbur, Bryan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Derivation; Early Cambrian; Echinoderms; Growth; Helicoplacoids; Morphology; Nevada; Palting diagram

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; ECHINODERM; FOSSIL; LAURENTIA; MORPHOLOGY;

ECHINODERMATA; LAURENTIA; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 21444433383     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.1015     Document Type: Article

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