Late Cambrian and early Ordovician stem group chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from Utah and Missouri

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 675-689

  Vendrasco, Michael J ^a   Runnegar, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; ORDOVICIAN;

MISSOURI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

BIVALVIA; CHITON; EUKTEANOCHITON MILLERI; INVERTEBRATA; MATTHEVIA WAHWAHENSIS; MOLLUSCA; ORTHRIOCHITON UTAHENSIS; POLYPLACOPHORA;

EID: 3242661956     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0022-3360(2004)078<0675:LCAEOS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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