Diversification of atypical Paleozoic echinoderms: A quantitative survey of patterns of stylophoran disparity, diversity, and geography

Paleobiology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 483-510

  Lefebvre, Bertrand ^a   Eble, Gunther J ^a   Navarro, Nicolas ^a,b   David, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DRIFT; CLADISTICS; DISPERSION; ECHINODERM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOZOIC; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

BIVALVIA; BLASTOZOA; BRACHIOPODA; ECHINODERMATA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; ORTHIDA; STYLOPHORA (ECHINODERMS);

EID: 33749074119     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0094-8373(2006)32[483:DOAPEA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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