The coral Cothonion from the lower Cambrian of North Greenland

Alcheringa

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 405-411

  Peel, John S ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cnidaria; Coral; Cothoniida; Greenland; Lower Cambrian

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; CORAL; FOSSIL; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TRILOBITE;

ARCTIC; AUSTRALIA; GREENLAND; NEW SOUTH WALES;

ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; OLENELLIDAE; REDLICHIIDA; TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 80051690635     PISSN: 03115518     EISSN: 17520754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03115518.2011.521438     Document Type: Article

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