A new arthropod from the lower Cambrian Sirius Passet Fossil-Lagerstätte of North Greenland

Bulletin of Geosciences

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 625-630

  Peel, John S ^a   Stein, Martin ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arthropod; Cambrian; Greenland; Lagerst tte; Sirius Passet

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CAMBRIAN; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW RECORD;

ARCTIC; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; GREENLAND; PEARY LAND;

ARTHROPODA;

EID: 74349130091     PISSN: 12141119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3140/bull.geosci.1158     Document Type: Article

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