New eocrinoids from the Burgess Shale, southern British Columbia, Canada, and the Spence Shale, northern Utah, USA

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 303-322

  Sprinkle, James ^a   Collins, Desmond ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; SHALE; TECTONICS;

BRACHIOLES; EOCRINOIDS; LYRACYSTIDAE;

GEOLOGY;

CAMBRIAN; ECHINODERM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NEW SPECIES; SHALE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

ECHINODERMATA; EOCRINOIDEA; RADIATA;

EID: 33745438172     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E05-107     Document Type: Article

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