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Per Ahlberg

Per Ahlberg

Professor emeritus

Per Ahlberg

Trilobites

Author

  • Shanchi Peng
  • Loren E. Babcock
  • Per Ahlberg

Editor

  • Felix M. Gradstein
  • James G. Ogg
  • Mark D. Schmitz
  • Gabi M. Ogg

Summary, in English

Trilobites are marine arthropods that appeared in Cambrian Epoch 2 and became extinct at the end of the Permian. In some Paleozoic deposits, they number among the most abundant macrofossils. Trilobites are important for early Paleozoic biostratigraphy, especially Cambrian.

Publishing year

2020

Language

English

Pages

36

Publication/Series

Geologic Timescale 2020

Volume

1

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Elsevier

Topic

  • Geology

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 978-0-12-824362-6
  • ISBN: 9780128243619