Phosphatised olenid trilobites and associated fauna from the Upper Cambrian of Västergötland, Sweden

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 429-440

  Ahlberg, Per ^a   Szaniawski, Hubert ^b   Clarkson, Euan N K ^c   Bengtson, Stefan ^d  

^a GeoBiosphere Science Centre   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alum Shales; Cambrian; Olenidae; Phosphatisation; Problematica; Sweden; Trilobita; V terg tland

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; PHOSPHATIZATION; TRILOBITE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; WORLD;

CHAETOGNATHA; CONULARIIDA; CTENOPYGE; OLENIDAE; PELMATOZOA; TRILOBITA; TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 26244433881     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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