The fossil record of cnidarian medusae

Palaeoworld

Volumn 19, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 212-221

  Young, Graham A ^a,b   Hagadorn, James W ^c  

^a Manitoba Museum   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cubozoa; Hydrozoa; Jellyfish; Konservat lagerst tten; Medusae; Scyphozoa

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; CARBONIFEROUS; CLAST; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FACIES; FOSSIL RECORD; INVERTEBRATE; JELLYFISH; MORPHOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOBIOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; POLYP; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TAPHONOMY;

ANIMALIA; CUBOZOA; HYDROIDA; HYDROZOA; SCYPHOMEDUSAE; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 78149498938     PISSN: 1871174X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palwor.2010.09.014     Document Type: Article

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