Lower Cambrian vertebrates from south China

Nature

Volumn 402, Issue 6757, 1999, Pages 42-46

  Shu, D G ^a   Luo, H L ^b   Conway Morris, S ^c   Zhang, X L ^a   Hu, S X ^b   Chen, L ^a   Han, J ^a   Zhu, M ^d   Li, Y ^a   Chen, L Z ^b  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Yunnan Inst of Technology   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; FOSSILIZATION; SOFT TISSUE PRESERVATION; VERTEBRATE;

ARTICLE; CHINA; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FISH; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRATE;

CHINA;

EID: 0033523970     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/46965     Document Type: Article

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