Size of the earliest mollusks: Did small helcionellids grow to become large adults?

Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 175-178

  Mus, Mónica Martí ^a   Palacios, Teodoro ^a   Jensen, Sören ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Early Cambrian; Helcionellids; Larval shells; Mollusks; Spain

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; PALEONTOLOGICAL DATA;

ANIMALS; ECOLOGY;

STRATIGRAPHY;

CAMBRIAN; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MOLLUSC; PALEONTOLOGY; SHELL; TAPHONOMY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; HELCIONELLIDA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 44449093111     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G24218A.1     Document Type: Article

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