Evidence of lophophore diversity in Early Cambrian Brachiopoda

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Zhang, Xi Guang ^a   Hou, Xian Guang ^a   Emig, Christian C ^b  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

Author keywords

China; Early Cambrian; Inarticulated brachiopods; Lophophore

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; INVERTEBRATE; PHYLOGENETICS;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY;

BRACHIOPODA; HELIOMEDUSA ORIENTA; INVERTEBRATA; LINGULELLA; LINGULELLA CHENGJIANGENSIS; LOPHOPHORA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0042531620     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0013     Document Type: Article

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