First African oryctocephalid trilobites from the Lower-Middle Cambrian boundary interval

Palaeoworld

Volumn 15, Issue 3-4 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 348-359

  Geyer, Gerd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Middle Cambrian; Trilobita; West Gondwana

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CAMBRIAN; CLINE; FOSSIL RECORD; GONDWANA; MORPHOLOGY; RELATEDNESS; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TRILOBITE;

AFRICA; ANTI-ATLAS; ATLAS MOUNTAINS; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN CORDILLERA; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ORYCTOCEPHALIDAE; TONKINELLA; TRILOBITA; TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 34447332694     PISSN: 1871174X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palwor.2006.10.004     Document Type: Article

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