Articulated palaeoscolecid sclerite arrays from the Lower Cambrian of eastern Siberia

Acta Geologica Polonica

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-22

  Ivantsov, Andrey Yu ^a   Wrona, Ryszard ^b  

^a PALEONTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cambrian; Ecdysozoa; Nemathelminthes; Palaeoscolecida; Priapulida; Siberia; Worms

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; INVERTEBRATE;

EURASIA; SIBERIA;

EID: 16544379341     PISSN: 00015709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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