On the reliability of reconstructing and comparing brachiopod interiors and their morphological variations based solely on serial sections

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 58-74

  Alvarez, Fernando ^a   Brunton, C Howard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Athyridoidea; Brochiopods; Cardinalia; Palaeozoic; Recent; Rhynchonelliformea; Variability

Indexed keywords

BRACHIOPOD; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOZOIC; RECONSTRUCTION; TAXONOMY;

ATHYRIDOIDEA; BRACHIOPODA; RHYNCHONELLIFORMEA;

EID: 55449097185     PISSN: 00359211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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