Moulting, ontogeny and sexual dimorphism in the Cambrian ptychopariid trilobite Strenuaeva inflata from the northern Swedish Caledonides

Palaeontology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 685-703

  Cederström, Peter ^a   Ahlberg, Per ^b   Nilsson, Carin H ^a   Ahlgren, John ^a   Eriksson, Mats E ^b  

^a Lund University ^*  (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dimorphism; Enrolment; Functional morphology; Lower Cambrian; Ontogeny; Ptychopariid trilobite; Strenuaeva inflata; Sweden

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MOLT; MORPHOTYPE; ONTOGENY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SKELETAL REMAINS; TAXONOMY; TRILOBITE; TYPE SPECIMEN;

CALEDONIDES; SWEDEN;

ELLIPSOCEPHALIDAE; PTYCHOPARIIDA; PYGIDIUM; TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 79956038515     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.01021.x     Document Type: Article

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