The ontogeny of trilobite segmentation: A comparative approach

Paleobiology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 602-627

  Hughes, Nigel C ^a   Minelli, Alessandro ^b   Fusco, Giuseppe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; CRUSTACEAN; FOSSIL RECORD; JUVENILE; MORPHOLOGY; ONTOGENY; SKELETON; TRILOBITE;

ARTHROPODA; CHELICERATA; CRUSTACEA; MYRIAPODA; PYCNOGONIDA; TRILOBITA; TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 33845338759     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/06017.1     Document Type: Article

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