Deciphering the fossil record of early bilaterian embryonic development in light of experimental taphonomy

Evolution and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 339-349

  Gostling, Neil J ^a   Thomas, Ceri Wyn ^a   Greenwood, Jenny M ^a   Dong, Xiping ^b   Bengtson, Stefan ^c   Raff, Elizabeth C ^d   Raff, Rudolf A ^d   Degnan, Bernard M ^e   Stampanoni, Marco ^f   Donoghue, Philip C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^f PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ECHINODERM; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOSSIL RECORD; LIGHT; METAZOAN; MORPHOLOGY; SPAWNING; TAPHONOMY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENT; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; INVERTEBRATE; METHODOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENT; FOSSILS; INVERTEBRATES; PALEONTOLOGY; SEAWATER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; BILATERIA; CNIDARIA; DEUTEROSTOMIA; ECDYSOZOA; ECHINOIDA; LOPHOTROCHOZOA; METAZOA;

EID: 43249124178     PISSN: 1520541X     EISSN: 1525142X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-142X.2008.00242.x     Document Type: Article

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