An ordovician lobopodian from the soom shale Lagerstätte, South africa

Palaeontology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 561-567

  Whittle, Rowan J ^a,c   Gabbott, Sarah E ^a   Aldridge, Richard J ^a   Theron, Johannes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lagerst tte; Lobopodian; Ordovician; Soom Shale

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; CLASSIFICATION; FOSSIL RECORD; INVERTEBRATE; ORDOVICIAN; OXYGENATION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; PRESERVATION; SHALE;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 66049107951     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2009.00860.x     Document Type: Article

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