The Upper Cambrian trilobite olenus at Andrarum, Sweden: A case of iterative evolution?

Palaeontology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1041-1056

  Lauridsen, Bodil Wesenberg ^a   Nielsen, Arne Thorshøj ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Agnostids; Evolution; Olenids; Palaeoecology; Trilobites; Upper Cambrian

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; TRILOBITE;

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

AGNOSTIDA; OLENIDAE; TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 28244444831     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2005.00499.x     Document Type: Article

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