Soft-part preservation in a bivalved arthropod from the Late Ordovician of Wales

Geological Magazine

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 242-252

  Page, Alex ^a,c   Wilby, Philip R ^b   Williams, Mark ^c   Vannier, Jean ^d   Davies, Jeremy R ^b   Waters, Richard A ^e   Zalasiewicz, Jan A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^e DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arthropod; Eyes; Inner lamella; Organic preservation; Taphonomy; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; TOPOGRAPHY;

ARTHROPOD; EYES; INNER LAMELLA; ORGANIC PRESERVATION; TAPHONOMY; ZOOPLANKTON;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

ANATOMY; ARTHROPOD; BIVALVE; FAUNA; PALEOZOIC; PRESERVATION; TAPHONOMY; ZOOPLANKTON;

UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

ARTHROPODA;

EID: 77953611780     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756809990045     Document Type: Article

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