New data on molluscs and their shell microstructures from the Middle Cambrian Gowers Formation, Australia

Palaeontology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 97-135

  Vendrasco, Michael J ^a   Porter, Susannah M ^a   Kouchinsky, Artem ^b   Li, Guoxiang ^c   Fernandez, Christine Z ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^c NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cambrian; Georgina Basin; Gowers Formation; Mollusc; Shell microstructure

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; CAMBRIAN; LAMINATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; MOLLUSC; NEW RECORD; NEW TAXON; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PALEONTOLOGY; PRESERVATION; SHELL; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

AUSTRALIA; GEORGINA BASIN;

BRACHIOPODA; BRYOZOA; LOPHOTROCHOZOA; MOLLUSCA; PTYCHAGNOSTUS; YOCHELCIONELLA;

EID: 74849134817     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2009.00922.x     Document Type: Article

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