Evolutionary history of Cambrian spiculate sponges: Implications for the Cambrian evolutionary fauna

Palaios

Volumn 23, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 124-138

  Carrera, Marcelo G ^a   Botting, Joseph P ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b Leeds Museum Discovery Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; EVOLUTION; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROTEROZOIC; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; SPONGE;

ARCHAEOCYATHA; CERACTINOMORPHA; HEXACTINELLIDA; LITHISTIDA; PORIFERA; SPHINCTOZOA; STROMATOPOROIDA;

EID: 42349089219     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2006.p06-089r     Document Type: Article

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