Note on the gut preserved in the Lower Cambrian Lingulellotreta (Lingulata, Brachiopoda) from southern China

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 65-70

  Zhang, Zhifei ^a   Han, Jian ^a   Zhang, Xingliang ^a   Liu, Jianni ^a   Guo, Junfeng ^a   Shu, Degan ^a,b  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Brachiopoda; Chengjiang Lagerst tte; Digestive tract; Early Cambrian; Linguloidea

Indexed keywords

BRACHIOPOD; CAMBRIAN; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FOSSIL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

BRACHIOPODA; LINGULATA; LINGULELLOTRETA; LINGULELLOTRETA MALONGENSIS; LINGULELLOTRETIDAE; LINGULOIDEA;

EID: 33845684178     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: 14636395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.2007.00252.x     Document Type: Article

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