Hyoliths and small shelly fossils from the Lower Cambrian of North-East Greenland

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 551-578

  Malinky, John M ^a   Skovsted, Christian B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bastion Formation; Botomian; Greenland; Hyolitha; Hyolithida; Lower Cambrian; Orthothecida

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; FOSSIL; MORPHOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; GREENLAND; WORLD;

COLEOLUS; HYOLITHA; HYOLITHES; UNIDENTIFIED AGENTS;

EID: 9444297018     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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