A new? Lamellipedian arthropod from the early Cambrian Sirius Passet fauna of North Greenland

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 820-825

  Lagebro, Linda ^a   Stein, Martin ^a,b   Peel, John S ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Early Cambrian; Greenland; Lamellipedia; Sirius Passet

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; CAMBRIAN; FOSSIL RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEONTOLOGY;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

ARTHROPODA;

EID: 74349105703     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/09-011.1     Document Type: Article

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