Computer reconstruction and analysis of the vermiform mollusc Acaenoplax hayae from the Herefordshire Lagerstätte (Silurian, England), and implications for molluscan phylogeny

Palaeontology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 293-318

  Sutton, Mark D ^a   Briggs, Derek E G ^b   Siveter, David J ^c   Siveter, Derek J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aplacophora; Mollusca; Phylogeny; Polyplacophora; Serial repetition

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; MOLLUSC; PHYLOGENY; RECONSTRUCTION; SILURIAN;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ACAENOPLAX HAYAE; ANIMALIA; APLACOPHORA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; POLYPLACOPHORA;

EID: 1942536015     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0031-0239.2004.00374.x     Document Type: Article

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