Head and backbone of the Early Cambrian vertebrate Haikouichthys

Nature

Volumn 421, Issue 6922, 2003, Pages 526-529

  Shu, D G ^a,b   Morris, S Conway ^c   Han, J ^a   Zhang, Z F ^a   Yasui, K ^d   Janvier, P ^e,f   Chen, L ^a   Zhang, X L ^a   Liu, J N ^a   Li, Y ^a   Liu, H Q ^a  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^f DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BRAIN; TISSUE;

VERTEBRATE EVOLUTION;

NEUROLOGY;

CAMBRIAN; FISH; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; VERTEBRATE;

ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; BIODIVERSITY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; EYE DEVELOPMENT; HEAD; LAMPREY; LARVA; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; FISHES; FOSSILS; HEAD; PHYLOGENY; SKULL; SPINE; VERTEBRATES;

BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; MYXINIDAE; PETROMYZONTIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0346460959     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01264     Document Type: Article

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