Reassessment of the mode of life of Pagetia Walcott, 1916 (Trilobita: Eodiscidae) based on a cluster of intact exuviae from the Kaili Formation (Cambrian) of Guizhou, China

Lethaia

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-73

  Lin, Jih Pai ^a   Yuan, Jin Liang ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cambrian; Growth development; Kaili Biota; South China; Trilobites

Indexed keywords

BIOTA; BURIAL DIAGENESIS; CAMBRIAN; GROWTH; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; TRILOBITE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUIZHOU;

EODISCIDAE; PAGETIA; TRILOBITA; TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 60849101075     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: 15023931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.2008.00104.x     Document Type: Article

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