A bradoriid and brachiopod dominated shelly fauna from the furongian (Cambrian) of Västergötland, Sweden

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 69-83

  Topper, Timothy P ^a   Skovsted, Christian B ^b   Harper, David A T ^a,c   Ahlberg, Per ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACHIOPOD; CAMBRIAN; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; GONDWANA; MICROSTRUCTURE; NEW SPECIES; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; SHELL;

SWEDEN; VASTERGOTLAND; VASTRA GOTALAND;

AGNOSTOIDEA; AGNOSTUS; ARTHROPODA; BRACHIOPODA; BRADORIIDA; PHOSPHATOCOPIDA;

EID: 84872711506     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/12-047R.1     Document Type: Article

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