Cambrian-Ordovician trilobite family Missisquoiidae Hupé, 1955: Systematic revision and palaeogeographical considerations based on cladistic analysis

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 260, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 315-341

  Lee, Seung bae ^a   Lee, Dong Chan ^b   Choi, Duck K ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Daejeon Health Sciences College   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cambrian; Gondwana; Laurentia; Ordovician; Palaeogeography; Trilobites

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; CLADISTICS; GONDWANA; LAURENTIA; OCEANIC CURRENT; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; TAXONOMY; TRILOBITE;

MISSISQUOIA; MISSISQUOIIDAE; TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 41149098930     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.11.008     Document Type: Article

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