The age and relationships of the major animal phyla

Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 319-325

  Lynch, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal phyla; Annelida; Arthropoda; Cambrian radiation; Cnidaria; Invertebrate phylogeny; Mollusca

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; GENEALOGY; PHYLOGENETICS;

EID: 0033005701     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1999.tb03768.x     Document Type: Article

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