Theoretical morphology of modular organisms: Geometric constraints of branch and dissepiment width and spacing in fenestrate bryozoans

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 79-122

  Starcher, Robert W ^a   McGhee Jr , George R ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

BRYOZOAN; MODELING; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS;

BRYOZOA;

EID: 0001856007     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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