The brain in the early fossil jawless vertebrates: Evolutionary information from an empty nutshell

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 75, Issue 2-4, 2008, Pages 314-318

  Janvier, P ^a,b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain morphology; Cranial nerves; Evolution; Fossils; Jawless vertebrates; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

CRANIAL NERVE; CYCLOSTOME; FOSSIL ANIMAL; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PALEONTOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; JAW; PHYLOGENY; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 40249114860     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2007.10.024     Document Type: Review

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