Tropidoleptida (brachiopoda): Devonian hopeful monsters or misplaced orphans

Special Papers in Palaeontology

Volumn , Issue 84, 2010, Pages 119-136

  Harper, David A T ^a   Alvarez, Fernando ^b   Boucoti, Arthur J ^c   Williams, Alwyn ^d   Wright, Anthony D ^e   Schemm Gregory, Mena ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Deceased ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brachiopoda; Devonian; Morphological variation; Palaeobiogeography; Phylogeny; Structure; Tropidoleptus

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650104251     PISSN: 00386804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.00987.x     Document Type: Article

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