Palaeoscolecid scleritome fragments with Hadimopanella plates from the early Cambrian of South Australia

Geological Magazine

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 86-97

  Topper, Timothy P ^a   Brock, Glenn A ^a   Skovsted, Christian B ^b   Paterson, John R ^c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Cycloneuralia; Lower Cambrian; Palaeoscolecida; Small shelly fossils

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CYCLONEURALIA; LOWER CAMBRIANS; PALAEOSCOLECIDA; SHELLY FOSSILS;

ANNELID; CAMBRIAN; FOSSIL RECORD; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MORPHOLOGY; NEW RECORD; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

PALAEOSCOLECIDA;

EID: 77953610534     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756809990082     Document Type: Article

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