Mollusc fauna of the Early Cambrian Bastion Formation of North-East Greenland

Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-37

  Skovsted, Christian B ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Bivalvia; Botoman; Dyeran; Early Cambrian; Greenland; Helcionelloida; Mollusca

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EID: 30944445962     PISSN: 00116297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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