Taking the pulse of the Cambrian radiation

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 229-237

  Lieberman, Bruce S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; METAZOA; OLENELLIDAE; TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 0043204584     PISSN: 00031569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/43.1.229     Document Type: Conference Paper

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