Protaspides of uppermost Cambrian trilobite Missisquoia, with implications for suprafamilial level classification of the genus

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 493-506

  Lee, Dong Chan ^a   Chatterton, Brian D E ^b  

^a Daejeon Health Sciences College   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS; STRATIGRAPHY;

CRANIDIUM; METAPROTASPID; PROTASPIDES;

BIOLOGY;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BODY SIZE; CAMBRIAN; MORPHOLOGY; TAXONOMY; TRILOBITE;

CANADA; MACKENZIE MOUNTAINS; NORTH AMERICA;

CORYNEXOCHIDA; ILLAENIDAE; MISSISQUOIA; MISSISQUOIIDAE; STYGINIDAE; TRILOBITA;

EID: 34447105568     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E06-113     Document Type: Article

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