Olenid-dominated trilobite fauna from the Shallow Bay Formation (Cow Head Group), Cambrian-Ordovician boundary interval, western Newfoundland

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 407-425

  Karim, Talia S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEDIMENTATION;

CAMBRIAN; NEWFOUNDLAND; ORDOVICIAN; PACKSTONE; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; SHALLOW BAYS;

STRATIGRAPHY;

BOULDER; CAMBRIAN; GRAINSTONE; LAURENTIA; LIMESTONE; NOMENCLATURE; ORDOVICIAN; PHYLOGENY; SHALE; TRILOBITE;

CANADA; COW HEAD PENINSULA; GREAT NORTHERN PENINSULA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA;

HYSTRICURIDAE; JUJUYASPIS; OLENIDAE; SYMPHYSURINA;

EID: 46749114458     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E08-008     Document Type: Article

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