New occurrence of the Burgess Shale arthropod Sidneyia in the Early Cambrian Chengjiang Lagerstätte (South China), and revision of the arthropod Urokodia

Alcheringa

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-8

  Zhang, Xingliang ^a   Han, Jian ^a   Shu, Degan ^a  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Chengjiang Lagerst tte; Early Cambrian; Sidneyia; Urokodia

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; CAMBRIAN; LAGERSTATTE;

CHINA;

SIDNEYIA; UROKODIA;

EID: 0036066770     PISSN: 03115518     EISSN: 17520754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03115510208619239     Document Type: Article

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