Cladistic analysis of early-middle Cambrian kochaspid trilobites (Ptychopariida)

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 920-940

  Sundberg, Frederick A ^a  

^a Show Low High School   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; CLADISTICS; MORPHOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; TRILOBITE;

CABORCELLA; EOKOCHASPIS; MEXICELLA; NYELLA; ONCHOCEPHALUS; PTYCHOPARIIDA; SCHISTOMETOPUS COLLARIS; SYSPACEPHALUS OBSCURUS; TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 4344568257     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0022-3360(2004)078<0920:CAOECK>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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