Conodonts, calcichordates and the origin of vertebrates

Fossil Record

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 81-91

  Bergstrom J ^a   Naumann, W W ^b   Viehweg, J ^b   Marti Mus M ^c  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b Institut für Zoologie   (Germany)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

amphioxus; calcichordates; conodont animals; Deuterostomes; hemichordates; notoneuralians.; protostomes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006384479     PISSN: 21930066     EISSN: 21930074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mmng.19980010106     Document Type: Article

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