Recognition of the asteroid (Echinodermata) crown group: Implications of the ventral skeleton

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 359-370

  Blake, Daniel B ^a   Hotchkiss, Frederick H C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTEROID; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEOZOIC; SKELETON;

ASTERIAS; ASTEROIDEA; ECHINODERMATA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0842313087     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0022-3360(2004)078<0359:ROTAEC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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