Morpho-anatomical differences of the Early Cambrian Chengjiang and Recent lingulids and their implications

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 277-288

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

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Brachiopod; Early Cambrian; Living fossil; Lophophore; Palaeoecology

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CAMBRIAN; EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY;

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

BRACHIOPODA; LINGULELLA CHENGJIANGENSIS; LINGULELLOTRETA MALONGENSIS; LINGULIDA; LOPHOPHORA;

EID: 29044437579     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.2005.00211.x     Document Type: Article

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