The lower cambrian brachiopod kyrshabaktella and associated shelly fossils from the harkless formation, southern Nevada

GFF

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 327-337

  Skovsted, Christian B ^a   Holmer, Lars E ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Great basin; Kyrshabaktella; Linguliformea; Lower cambrian; Shell structure; Small shelly fossils

Indexed keywords

BRACHIOPOD; CAMBRIAN; FOSSIL; FOSSIL RECORD; NEW RECORD; SHELL;

NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACROTRETIDA; BRACHIOPODA; ECHINODERMATA; LINGULIDA; LINGULIFORMEA; SPHENOTHALLUS;

EID: 33846472383     PISSN: 11035897     EISSN: 20000863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11035890601284327     Document Type: Article

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