Silurian retiolitid graptolites: Morphology and evolution

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 705-720

  Bates, Denis E B ^a   Kozłowska, Anna ^b   Lenz, Alfred C ^c  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ancora; Cladistic analysis; Graptoloidea; Petalolithidae; Retiolitidae; Silurian

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; GRAPTOLITE; MORPHOLOGY; SILURIAN;

GRAPTOLOIDEA; RETIOLITIDAE;

EID: 29144525617     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: 17322421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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