Trilobites from the volcancito formaton (Filo Azul Member, Late Cambrian) of the famatina system, La Rioja, Argentina: Systematics and paleoenvironments;Trilobites de la formación Volcancito (Miembro Filo Azul, Cámbrico Tardío) del sistema de famatina, la Rioja, Argentina: Aspectos sistemáticos y paleoambientales

Ameghiniana

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 597-620

  Tortellq, M Franco ^a   Esteban, Susana B ^b  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Late Cambrian; Paleoenvironment; Systematics; Trilobites; Volcancito formation

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; FAUNA; FEEDING; GRAPTOLITE; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOENVIRONMENT; TAXONOMY; TRILOBITE;

ARGENTINA; LA RIOJA [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

AGNOSTOIDEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ONYCHOPYGE; PARABOLINA FREQUENS; PARABOLINELLA; TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 38149005646     PISSN: 00027014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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