Copepod mandible palynomorphs from the nolichucky shale (Cambrian, Tennessee): Implications for the taphonomy and recovery of small carbonaceous fossils

Palaios

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 278-284

  Harvey, Thomas H P ^a   Pedder, Brian E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; CAMBRIAN; CRUSTACEAN; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; PALYNOMORPH; PHYLOGENETICS; SHALE; TAPHONOMY;

TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884329554     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2012.p12-124r     Document Type: Article

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