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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.

Department/s

  • Lithosphere and Biosphere Science

Publishing year

2020-10-25

Language

English

Pages

36-36

Publication/Series

Geologic Timescale 2020

Volume

1

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Elsevier

Topic

  • Geology

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

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