The Cambrian Fauna of the Leny Limestone, Perthshire, Scotland

Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 199-218

  Fletcher, Terence P ^a   Rushton, Adrian W A ^a,b  

^a The Natural History Museum ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dalradian; Humber Tectonostratigraphical Zone; Laurentia; Pagetides; Trilobites

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BRACHIOPOD; CAMBRIAN; FOSSIL RECORD; LAURENTIA; TAPHONOMY; TRILOBITE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; STIRLING; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

BRACHIOPODA; BRADORIIDA; CONDYLOPYGE ELI; KISKINELLA CRISTATA; OLENELLUS; PARADOXIDIDAE; TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 56549124155     PISSN: 17556910     EISSN: 17556929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1755691007006123     Document Type: Article

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