New observations of the lobopod-like worm Facivermis from the early cambrian Chengjiang Lagerstätte

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 358-363

  Liu, Jianni ^a   Han, Jian ^a   Simonetta, A M ^b   Hu, Shixue ^c   Zhang, Zhifei ^a   Yao, Yang ^a   Shu, Degan ^a,d  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Dipartimenoto di Biologia Animale e Genetica LPardi   (Italy)

^c Yunnan Geological Institute   (China)

^d CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Chengjiang Lagerst tte; Lobopods; Lower Cambrian; Origin of the appendages

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; PENTASTOMIDA; POLYCHAETA; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 33748861933     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-006-0358-3     Document Type: Article

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