The earliest ostracods: The geological evidence

Senckenbergiana Lethaea

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-21

  Williams, Mark ^a   Siveter, David J ^a   Salas, María José ^b   Vannier, Jean ^c   Popov, Leonid E ^d   Pour, Mansoureh Ghobadi ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^e GORGAN UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Bradoriida; Ostracoda; Phosphatocopida; Tremadocian

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOZONATION; CAMBRIAN; COLONIZATION; CONODONT; FOSSIL RECORD; OSTRACOD; PROTEROZOIC; TREMADOCIAN;

ARTHROPODA; BRADORIIDA; KUNMINGELLA; NANOPSIS; OSTRACODA; PALAEOCOPIDA; PALTODUS DELTIFER; PHOSPHATOCOPIDA;

EID: 49549118609     PISSN: 00372110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03043974     Document Type: Article

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