Ordovician polychaeturid polychaetes: Taxonomy, distribution and palaeoecology

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 309-320

  Hints, Olle ^a   Eriksson, Mats E ^b  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Annelida; Baltica; Distribution; Ordovician; Polychaeta; Polychaete jaws; Scolecodonts; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; NEW RECORD; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; POLYCHAETE; SILURIAN; TAXONOMY;

ESTONIA; SWEDEN;

ANNELIDA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 77952911342     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: 17322421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4202/app.2009.0086     Document Type: Article

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