A new early Cambrian bradoriid (Arthropoda) assemblage from the northern Flinders Ranges, South Australia

Gondwana Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 420-437

  Betts, Marissa J ^a   Topper, Timothy P ^b   Valentine, James L ^a   Skovsted, Christian B ^c   Paterson, John R ^d   Brock, Glenn A ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abadiella huoi biozone; Bivalved arthropod; Bradoriida; Early Cambrian; Pelagiella subangulata

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CAMBRIAN; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PALEONTOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALIA; FLINDERS RANGE; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84886949766     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2013.05.007     Document Type: Article

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