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January 01, 1996
Trilobites at the base of the Middle Ordovician, Western U.S.A.
Richard A. Fortey;
Richard A. Fortey
Natural History Museum, Department of Palaeontology, London, United Kingdom
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Mary L. Droser
Mary L. Droser
University of California at Riverside, United States
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Journal of Paleontology (1996) 70 (1): 73–99.
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Richard A. Fortey, Mary L. Droser; Trilobites at the base of the Middle Ordovician, Western U.S.A.. Journal of Paleontology 1996;; 70 (1): 73–99. doi:
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Index Terms/Descriptors
- Arthropoda
- Basin and Range Province
- biofacies
- biostratigraphy
- biozones
- correlation
- Egan Range
- Great Basin
- Ibexian
- Invertebrata
- Juab County Utah
- Laurentia
- Lincoln County Nevada
- Lower Ordovician
- marine environment
- Middle Ordovician
- Millard County Utah
- morphology
- Nevada
- new taxa
- North America
- Ordovician
- paleoenvironment
- Paleozoic
- Rich County Utah
- shelf environment
- statistical analysis
- Thomas Range
- Trilobita
- Trilobitomorpha
- type sections
- United States
- Utah
- White Pine County Nevada
- Whiterockian
- Pliomeridae
- Juab Limestone
- Kanosh Formation
- Wah Wah Limestone
- Cybelopsinae
- Ibex Utah
- Shingle Limestone
- Bathyurellinae
- Madaraspis magnifica
- Psephosthenaspis microspinosa
- Pliomerinae
- Psephosthenaspis glabrior
- Kanoshia reticulata
- Ectenonotus progenitor
- Pseudoolenoides aspinosus
- Goniotelina ensifer
- Pseudomera arachnopyge
- Petigurus inexpectatus
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