A review of the Late Cambrian (Furongian) palaeogeography in the western Mediterranean region, NW Gondwana

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 47-81

  Álvaro, J Javier ^a,b   Ferretti, Annalisa ^c   González Gómez, Cristina ^a   Serpagli, Enrico ^c   Tortello, M Franco ^d   Vecoli, Marco ^b   Vizcaïno, Daniel ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b Univ Lille   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^d FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^e NONE   (France)

Author keywords

brachiopods; echinoderms; events; Gondwana; Late Cambrian; Morocco; palaeobiogeography; palaeoenvironments; palaeogeography; Rheic Ocean; stratigraphy; SW Europe; trilobites

Indexed keywords

BRACHIOPOD; CAMBRIAN; ECHINODERM; GONDWANA; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; TRILOBITE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ACROTRETIDA; ANOMOCARIDAE; APHELASPIDIDAE; ASAPHIDA; BRACHIOPODA; CALYMENIDAE; CATILLICEPHALIDAE; CERATOPYGIDAE; CONOCORYPHIDAE; CYSTOIDEA; DAMESELLIDAE; DORYPYGIDAE; ECHINODERMATA; EULOMIDAE; GLYPTOCYSTITIDAE; IDAHOIIDAE; LINGULIFORMEA; NILEIDAE; OBOLIDAE; PAGODIIDAE; PALTODUS DELTIFER; PARADOXIDIDAE; PELMATOZOA; PROASAPHISCIDAE; PROTEULOMA GEINITZI; SIPHONOTRETIDA; SOLENOPLEURIDAE; TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 35348836559     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2007.06.006     Document Type: Article

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