Ordovician Trilobites from Iran

Palaeontographica, Abteilung A: Palaozoologie - Stratigraphie

Volumn 271, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 111-149

  Bruton, David L ^a   Wright, Anthony J ^b   Hamedi, Mir Alireza ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF IRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Iran; Ordovician; Palaeobiogeography; Taxonomy; Trilobites

Indexed keywords

GONDWANA; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; NEW SPECIES; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; TRILOBITE;

DERENJAL MOUNTAINS; ELBURZ; IRAN; YAZD;

EID: 33748865541     PISSN: 03750442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1127/pala/271/2004/111     Document Type: Article

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