Microdictyon plates from the lower Cambrian Ajax Limestone of South Australia: Implications for species taxonomy and diversity

Alcheringa

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 427-443

  Topper, Timothy P ^a   Brock, Glenn A ^a   Skovsted, Christian B ^b,c   Paterson, John R ^d  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ajax Limestone; Flinders Ranges; Gondwana; Sclerites; Small shelly fossils; Stem group lobopodians

Indexed keywords

ANNELID; CAMBRIAN; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; GONDWANA; MORPHOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; MICRODICTYON;

EID: 80051645937     PISSN: 03115518     EISSN: 17520754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03115518.2011.533972     Document Type: Article

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