Trilobite diversity in Avalonia prior to the end Ordovician extinction - the peak before the trough

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 245, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 264-271

  Owen, Alan W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avalonia; Biodiversity change; Ordovician; Palaeobiogeography; Palaeoenvironment; Trilobite

Indexed keywords

AVALONIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFACIES; CARADOCIAN; LAURENTIA; MASS EXTINCTION; MIGRATION; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; TRILOBITE;

CHEIRURIDAE; CYCLOPYGIDAE; ILLAENIDAE;

EID: 33847314542     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.02.024     Document Type: Article

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