The oldest brachiopods from the lower cambrian of South Australia

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 93-109

  Topper, Timothy P ^a,b   Holmer, Lars E ^c   Skovsted, Christian B ^d   Brock, Glenn A ^e   Balthasar, Uwe ^c   Larsson, Cecilia M ^c   Stolk, Sandra Pettersson ^c   Harper, David A T ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^e MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arrowie Basin; Askepasma; Brachiopoda; Flinders Ranges; lower Cambrian; microstructure; Paterinida; South Australia; Tommotiida

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; BRACHIOPOD; CAMBRIAN; MICROSTRUCTURE; MOLLUSC; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; ORGANOPHOSPHATE;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84875357994     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: 17322421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4202/app.2011.0146     Document Type: Article

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