The last meal of the Late Ordovician mollusc 'Helminthochiton' thraivensis Reed, 1911, from the Lady Burn Starfish Beds, southwest Scotland

Geological Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 451-463

  Donovan, Stephen K ^a   Sutton, Mark D ^b   Sigwart, Julia D ^c  

^a NCB Naturalis ^*  (Netherlands)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chitons; Crinoids; Katian; Macrostylocrinus; Morphology; Pelmatozoans; Systematics

Indexed keywords

MOLLUSC; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; ORDOVICIAN; TAXONOMY;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ASTEROIDEA; GLYPTOCYSTITIDAE; MOLLUSCA; MONOBATHRIDA; PARACRINOIDEA; PELMATOZOA; POLYPLACOPHORA;

EID: 80052096596     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: 10991034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.1286     Document Type: Article

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