Soft anatomy of sunellid arthropods from the Chengjiang Lagerstätte, Lower Cambrian of southwest China

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1412-1422

  Zhang, Xingliang ^a   Shu, Degan ^a  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTHROPOD; CAMBRIAN; CLADISTICS; SOFT TISSUE PRESERVATION;

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

ARTHROPODA; ISOXYS;

EID: 36249021617     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/06-031R.1     Document Type: Article

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