Two Cambrian agnostoid trilobites, Agnostotes orientalis (Kobayashi, 1935) and Lotagnostus americanus (Billings, 1860): Key species for defining global stages of the Cambrian System

Geosciences Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 107-115

  Peng, Shanchi ^a   Babcock, Loren E ^b  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agnostoid; Cambrian; Furongian; Trilobite

Indexed keywords

EID: 28044468635     PISSN: 12264806     EISSN: 15987477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02910573     Document Type: Conference Paper

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