Occurrence of the Ordovician-type aglaspidid Tremaglaspis in the Cambrian weeks formation (Utah, USA)

Geological Magazine

Volumn 150, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 945-951

  Lerosey Aubril, Rudy ^a   Ortega Hernández, Javier ^b   Kier, Carlo ^c   Bonino, Enrico ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Back to the Past Museum   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aglaspidida; Arthropoda; Cambrian; Guzhangian; Konzervat Lagerst tte; Weeks formation

Indexed keywords

AGLASPIDIDA; ARTHROPODA; CAMBRIANS; GUZHANGIAN; WEEKS FORMATION;

CAMBRIAN; FAUNA; FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TAXONOMY; TRILOBITE;

UNITED STATES; UTAH;

AGLASPIDIDA; ARTHROPODA;

EID: 84880795996     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S001675681300037X     Document Type: Article

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