Fossils and phylogenies: Integrating multiple lines of evidence to investigate the origin of early major metazoan lineages

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 744-751

  Cartwright, Paulyn ^a   Collins, Allen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BILATERIA; METAZOA;

EID: 35448974490     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icm071     Document Type: Article

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