The earliest-known ancestors of Recent Priapulomorpha from the Early Cambrian Chengjiang Lagerstätte

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 49, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 1860-1868

  Han, Jian ^a   Shu, Degan ^a,b   Zhang, Zhifei ^a   Liu, Jianni ^a  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Chengjiang Lagerst tte; Early Cambrian; Paratubiluchus; Priapulids; Xiaoheiqingella

Indexed keywords

LORICA; PRIAPULIDA; PRIAPULIDAE; TUBILUCHIDAE; XIAOHEIQINGELLA PECULIARIS; YUNNANPRIAPULUS HALTEROFORMIS;

EID: 28444456311     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/04wd0221     Document Type: Article

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