Taxonomy of Ptychagnostus atavus: A key trilobite in defining a global Cambrian stage boundary

Geobios

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 709-714

  Ahlberg, Per ^a   Axheimer, Niklas ^a   Robison, Richard A ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Agnostida; Cambrian; GSSP; Ptychagnostus atavus; Sweden; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; LITHOFACIES; TAXONOMY; TRILOBITE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

AGNOSTIDA; AGNOSTOIDEA; PTYCHAGNOSTUS; PTYCHAGNOSTUS ATAVUS;

EID: 36849000804     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geobios.2007.01.004     Document Type: Article

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