Sphaeroidal enrolment in middle Cambrian solenopleuropsine trilobites

Lethaia

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 478-493

  Esteve, Jorge ^a   Zamora, Samuel ^a   Gozalo, Rodolfo ^a   Linán, Eladio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CAMBRIAN; DEVONIAN; EXOSKELETON; PALEOECOLOGY; PREDATOR; TRILOBITE;

FRANCE; SPAIN;

PHACOPS; PYGIDIUM; TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 77956902186     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: 15023931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.2009.00205.x     Document Type: Article

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