Preservational folds simulating tergite junctions in tegopeltid and naraoiid arthropods

Lethaia

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-20

  Ramsköld, Lars ^a   Chen, Jun Yuan ^b   Edgecombe, Gregory D ^c   Zhou, Gui Qing ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^c AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arthropoda; Burgess Shale; Chengjiang fauna; Segmentation; Tagmosis; Tegopeltidae

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; PYGIDIUM;

ARTHROPOD; NARAOIID; SEGMENTATION; TAGMOSIS; TAPHONOMY; TEGOPELTE; TEGOPELTID;

EID: 0030471232     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.1996.tb01832.x     Document Type: Article

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