Variation in the eye of Acuticryphops (Phacopina, Trilobita) and its evolutionary significance: A biometric and morphometric approach

Paleobiology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 471-481

  Crônier, Catherine ^a   Feist, Raimund ^b   Auffray, Jean Christophe ^b  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOMETRY; EUSTACY; EYE; FRASNIAN-FAMENNIAN BOUNDARY; MORPHOMETRY; PALEOBIOLOGY;

ACUTICRYPHOPS; ENTOVALVA; PHACOPINA; TRILOBITA; TRILOBITOIDEA;

EID: 4344586738     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0094-8373(2004)030<0471:VITEOA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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