The Early Cambrian tommotiid Micrina, a sessile bivalved stem group brachiopod

Biology Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 724-728

  Holmer, Lars E ^a   Skovsted, Christian B ^a   Brock, Glenn A ^b   Valentine, James L ^b   Paterson, John R ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brachiopoda; Early Cambrian; Linguliformea; Micrina; Tannuolinid; Tommotiid

Indexed keywords

ORGANOPHOSPHATE;

BIVALVE; CAMBRIAN; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL RECORD; METAZOAN; PHYLOGENETICS; SCLERITE; SESSILE SPECIES;

ARTICLE; BIVALVE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FEEDING; FILTER; LOWER CAMBRIAN; METAZOON; MICRINA ETHERIDGEI; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SESSILE SPECIES;

BILATERIA; BRACHIOPODA; LINGULIFORMEA; METAZOA; MICRINA;

EID: 58149215967     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0277     Document Type: Article

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