A defence of the calcichordates

Lethaia

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-10

  Jefferies, Richard P S ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcichordates; Chordates; Echinoderms; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

CALCICHORDATE; CHORDATE; ECHINODERM; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 0030885858     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.1997.tb00437.x     Document Type: Article

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