On the phylum vetulicolia

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 50, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 2342-2354

  Shu, Degan ^a,b  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Beidazoon; Chengjiang Lagerst Tte fauna; Early Cambrian; Phylum Vetulicolia; Roots and early evolution of deuterostome lineage

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BILATERIA; CHORDATA; DEUTEROSTOMIA; METAZOA; VERTEBRATA; VETULICOLIA;

EID: 33749630092     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/982005-1081     Document Type: Article

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