Tuzoia: Morphology and lifestyle of a large bivalved arthropod of the Cambrian seas

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 445-471

  Vannier, Jean ^a   Caron, Jean Bernard ^b   Yuan, Jin Liang ^c   Briggs, Derek E G ^d   Collins, Desmond ^f   Zhao, Yuan Long ^e   Zhu, Mao Yan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^c NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e GUIZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; CAMBRIAN; FOSSIL RECORD; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; NEW RECORD; TAPHONOMY;

ASIA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUIZHOU; NORTH AMERICA;

ARTHROPODA; CRUSTACEA; ISOXYS; OSTRACODA; THYLACOCEPHALA;

EID: 34248662411     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/pleo05070.1     Document Type: Article

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