New location of the well-known Ordovician trilobite Asaphus expansus (Wahlenberg, 1821) from north-western Poland

• Authors: Tomasz Borowski , Piotr Daniszewski
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This report documents the new location of the representative Ordovician trilobite Asaphus expansus. This well-known trilobite was discovered in the “Storkowo” Mining Plant in the central part of the West Pomeranian Province in Poland.

Keywords

EN

Asaphus expansus; Ordovician; Paleozoic; Wahlenberg; north-western Poland; trilobite

Discipline

• PALEONTOLOGY: PALEONTOLOGY

• Publisher: Scientific Publishing House „DARWIN”
• Journal: World News of Natural Sciences
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 34
• Pages: 82-87

Contributors

author

Tomasz Borowski

• The Institute of Biopaleogeography named under Charles R. Darwin, Złocieniec, Poland

author

Piotr Daniszewski

• Woliński National Park, 3a Niepodległości Str., 72-500 Międzyzdroje, Poland

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