Gut contents and feeding in the cambrian arthropod naraoia

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Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 71-76

  Bergström, Jan ^a   Hou, Xian Guang ^b   Hålenius, Ulf ^a  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alimentary diverticula; Cambrian arthropods; Chengjiang fauna; Deposit feeding; Element analysis; Mud filled gut; XRD mineral analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; CAMBRIAN; FAUNA; SUBSTRATE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ASIA; CHENGJIANG; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YUNNAN;

ARTHROPODA; SIPUNCULUS NUDUS;

EID: 34547133012     PISSN: 11035897     EISSN: 20000863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11035890701292071     Document Type: Article

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