A spinose stem group brachiopod with pedicle from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 273-290

  Holmer, Lars Erik ^a   Caron, Jean Bernard ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epibenthos; Filter feeder; Fossil Lagerst tten; Lophophorate; Non biomineralized preservation; Siphonotretoid

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BEDFORM; BENTHOS; BRACHIOPOD; CAMBRIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HABITAT TYPE; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; SHALE; SHELL;

ALGAE; BRACHIOPODA; PHYLLOPODA; SIPHONOTRETOIDEA;

EID: 33748912339     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: 14636395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.2006.00241.x     Document Type: Article

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