New artiopodan arthropods from the early cambrian emu bay shale konservat-lagersttte of South Australia

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 340-357

  Paterson, John R ^a   García Bellido, Diego C ^b   Edgecombe, Gregory D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BIOMINERALIZATION; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CAMBRIAN; CLADISTICS; NEW GENUS; NEW RECORD; ORDOVICIAN;

AUSTRALIA; CHINA; KANGAROO ISLAND; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

ARTHROPODA; PYGIDIUM; SQUAMACULA CLYPEATA;

EID: 84858010852     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/11-077.1     Document Type: Article

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