A new arthropod from the chengjiang lagerstätte, early cambrian, southern china

Alcheringa

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 185-194

  Zhang, Xingliang ^a   Shu, Degan ^a  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aglaspidida; Arthropoda; Chengjiang Lagerst te; Early Cambrian; Kwanyinaspis

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; CAMBRIAN; NEW GENUS;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

AGLASPIDIDA; ARTHROPODA;

EID: 27744463279     PISSN: 03115518     EISSN: 17520754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03115510508619300     Document Type: Article

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