Ordovician trilobite biodiversity change in the Anglo-Welsh sector of avalonia: A comparison of regional and global patterns

Special Papers in Palaeontology

Volumn 70, Issue , 2003, Pages 271-280

  Owen, Alan W ^a   McCormick, Tim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity change; Ordovician; Relational taxonomic database; Trilobita

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847266159     PISSN: 00386804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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