Evolution and environmental adaptation of the late ordovician-early Devonian orthide brachiopod Dicoelosia

Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists

Volumn , Issue 39, 2011, Pages 1-17

  Chen, Pengfei ^a   Jin, Jisuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brachiopoda; Dicoelosia; Evolution; Palaeoecology; Silurian

Indexed keywords

BRACHIOPODA; DICOELOSIA; LOPHOPHORA;

EID: 79960379292     PISSN: 08108889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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