Furongian series (Cambrian) biostratigraphy of Scandinavia - A revision

Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-87

  Terfelt, Fredrik ^a   Eriksson, Mats E ^a   Ahlberg, Per ^a   Babcock, Loren E ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CAMBRIAN; TAXONOMY; TRILOBITE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

AGNOSTOIDEA; CTENOPYGE; CYCLOPYGE; GLYPTAGNOSTUS RETICULATUS; LOBATA; OLENUS GIBBOSUS; PSEUDAGNOSTUS;

EID: 54349126912     PISSN: 0029196X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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