The 'Orsten' window - A three-dimensionally preserved Upper Cambrian meiofuana and its contribution to our understanding of the evolution of Arthropoda

Paleontological Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-88

  Waloszek, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

'Orsten'; Arthropoda; Crustacea; Evolution; Phosphatisation; Phylogeny; Stem lineage Euarthropoda; Three dimensional preservation

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; CAMBRIAN; CRUSTACEAN; EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; PHOSPHATIZATION; PHYLOGENETICS; PRESERVATION;

ARTHROPODA; CRUSTACEA; EUARTHROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; PENTASTOMIDA; TARDIGRADA; TETRAPODA;

EID: 0041743270     PISSN: 13428144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2517/prpsj.7.71     Document Type: Article

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