Arthropod appendages from the weeks formation Konservat-Lagerstätte: New occurrences of anomalocaridids in the cambrian of Utah, USA

Bulletin of Geosciences

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 269-282

  Lerosey Aubril, Rudy ^a   Hegna, Thomas A ^b   Babcock, Loren E ^c,d   Bonino, Enrico ^e   Kier, Carlo ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e Back to the Past Museum   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Anomalocarididae; Arthropoda; Cambrian; Guzhangian; Konservat Lagerst tte; Weeks formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901285872     PISSN: 12141119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3140/bull.qeosci.1442     Document Type: Article

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