Patterns, processes and likely causes of the Ordovician trilobite radiation in South China

Geological Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 297-313

  Zhou, Zhiyi ^a   Yuan, Wenwei ^a   Zhou, Zhiqiang ^b  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b XI AN INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Causes; Ordovician radiation; Patterns; Processes; South China; Trilobites

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FAUNA; GONDWANA; ORDOVICIAN; TRILOBITE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

CALYMENIDAE; CLAVUS; CYCLOPYGIDAE; HIRUNDO; TRILOBITOMORPHA; TRINUCLEIDAE;

EID: 34347323830     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: 10991034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.1076     Document Type: Review

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