The sirius passet lagerstätte (early Cambrian) of North Greenland

Palaeontographica Canadiana

Volumn , Issue 31, 2011, Pages 109-118

  Peel, John S ^a   Ineson, Jon R ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNELIDA; ARTHROPODA; FRANKLINIA; HALKIERIA EVANGELISTA;

EID: 80053346782     PISSN: 08217556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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