Redescription of the Chengjiang arthropod Squamacula Clypeata Hou and Bergström, from the Lower Cambrian, south-west China

Palaeontology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 605-617

  Zhang, Xingliang ^a   Han, Jian ^a   Zhang, Zhifei ^a   Liu, Huqin ^a   Shu, Degan ^a  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arachnophopha; Arthropoda; Chengjiang; Lower Cambrian; Squamacula

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTHROPOD; CAMBRIAN;

ASIA; CHENGJIANG; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YUNNAN;

ARTHROPODA; PYGIDIUM; SQUAMACULA CLYPEATA;

EID: 2542507394     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0031-0239.2004.00363.x     Document Type: Article

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