First cladoceran fossils from the Carboniferous: Palaeoenvironmental and evolutionary implications

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 344-345, Issue , 2012, Pages 39-48

  Womack, Tom ^a,d   Slater, Ben J ^a   Stevens, Liadan G ^a,b   Anderson, Lyall I ^c   Hilton, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Branchiopoda; Carboniferous; Cladocera; Crustacean; Palaeoecology; Silicification

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALGA; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBONIFEROUS; CHERT; CRUSTACEAN; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EYE; FOSSIL RECORD; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GRAZING; MORPHOLOGY; NEW RECORD; PALEOBIOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PHYLOGENY; SILICIFICATION; SOFT TISSUE PRESERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ENGLAND; NORTH YORKSHIRE; SANDSEND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALGAE; BRANCHIOPODA; CLADOCERA; CONCHOSTRACA; CRUSTACEA; OSTRACODA;

EID: 84862773203     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.05.012     Document Type: Article

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