A new Late Silurian (Pridolian) naraoiid (Euarthropoda: Nektaspida) from the Bertie Formation of southern Ontario, Canada - Delayed fallout from the Cambrian explosion

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1138-1145

  Caron, Jean Bernard ^a   Rudkin, David M ^b   Milliken, Stuart ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENY; SILURIAN; TAPHONOMY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ARTHROPODA; EURYPTERIDA; INVERTEBRATA; NARAOIA BERTIENSIS; NARAOIA COMPACTA; NEKTASPIDA;

EID: 7544239829     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0022-3360(2004)078<1138:ANLSPN>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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