Lower Cambrian (Branchian) eodiscoid trilobites from the lower Brigus Formation, Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland, Canada

Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists

Volumn 1, Issue 42, 2012, Pages 209-262

  Westrop, Stephen R ^a   Landing, Ed ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Branchian; Canada; Eodiscida; Lower Cambrian; Newfoundland; Trilobita

Indexed keywords

BRANCHIA; EODISCOIDEA; TRILOBITA; TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 84865135278     PISSN: 08108889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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