Shell microstructures of the Early Cambrian Anabarella and Watsonella as new evidence on the origin of the Rostroconchia

Lethaia

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 173-180

  Kouchinsky, Artem V ^a,b  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b Hist G ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Early Cambrian; Microstructure; Mollusca; Monoplacophora; Phylogeny; Rostroconchia; Siberian Platform

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; MORPHOLOGY;

ANABARELLA; ANABARELLA PLANA; BIVALVIA; MOLLUSCA; MONOPLACOPHORA; ROSTROCONCHIA; SPINY; WATSONELLA;

EID: 0033394402     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.1999.tb00537.x     Document Type: Article

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