A tiny eye indicating a planktonic trilobite

Palaeontology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 695-701

  Schoenemann, Brigitte ^a   Clarkson, Euan N K ^b   Ahlberg, Per ^c   ÁLvarez, María E D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arthropod; Cambrian; Ecological niche; Plankton; Trilobite; Vision

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CAMBRIAN; NICHE; PLANKTON; TRILOBITE; VISION;

ARTHROPODA; CTENOPYGE CECILIAE; OLENIDAE; TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 77955136794     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.00966.x     Document Type: Article

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