The cuticular structure of the 495-Myr-old type species of the fossil worm Palaeoscolex, P. piscatorum (?Priapulida)

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 69-82

  Conway Morris, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fossil; Hadimopanella; Milaculum; Palaeoscolecidan; Palaeozoic; Priapulid

Indexed keywords

MILACULUM; PRIAPULIDA; PRIAPULIDAE;

EID: 0030673312     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/zjls.1996.0065     Document Type: Article

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