The stem crustacean Oelandocaris oelandica re-visited

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 461-484

  Stein, Martin ^a   Waloszek, Dieter ^b   Maas, Andreas ^b   Haug, Joachim T ^b   Müller, Klaus J ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arthropoda; Computer aided 3D modelling; Crustacea; Evolution; Life habits; Morphology; Phylogeny; Stem lineage; Sweep net feeding

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CAMBRIAN; CRUSTACEAN; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LOCOMOTION; MORPHOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

ARTHROPODA; CRUSTACEA;

EID: 53249111687     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: 17322421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4202/app.2008.0308     Document Type: Article

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