Diversification and biogeography of scolecodont-bearing polychaetes in the Ordovician

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 245, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 95-114

  Hints, Olle ^a   Eriksson, Mats E ^b  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diversification; Ordovician; Palaeobiogeography; Polychaete jaws; Scolecodonts

Indexed keywords

BALTICA; BIODIVERSITY; FOSSIL RECORD; LAURENTIA; MICROFOSSIL; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY; POLYCHAETE; SILURIAN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

CONJUNGASPIDAE; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 33847046866     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.02.029     Document Type: Article

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