A lamprey from the Cretaceous Jehol biota of China

Nature

Volumn 441, Issue 7096, 2006, Pages 972-974

  Chang, Mee Mann ^a   Zhang, Jiangyong ^a   Miao, Desui ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ENGINEERING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOPHYSICS; MARINE ENGINEERING;

FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; LAMPREY; VERTEBRATE;

COASTAL ZONES;

CRETACEOUS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FISH; FOSSIL RECORD; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; NEW TAXON;

ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBONIFEROUS; CHINA; CRETACEOUS; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HARDISTIELLA MONTANENSIS; LAMPREY; MAYOMYZON PIECKOENSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXON;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MONGOLIA; NORTH AMERICA;

HARDISTIELLA MONTANENSIS; PETROMYZONTIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33745573028     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04730     Document Type: Article

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