A pyritized lepidocoleid machaeridian (Annelida) from the Lower Devonian Hunsrück Slate, Germany

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1664, 2009, Pages 1981-1986

  Högström, Anette E S ^a   Briggs, Derek E G ^b   Bartels, Christoph ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Deutsches Bergbau Museum   (Germany)

Author keywords

Annelida; Emsian; Konservat Lagerst tte; Pyritization; Soft tissue preservation

Indexed keywords

ANNELID; EMSIAN; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; PRESERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TYPE SPECIMEN;

ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVONIAN; GERMANY; LEPIDOCOLEID MACHAERIDIAN; NONHUMAN; PALEONTOLOGY; PALEOZOIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN STRUCTURE; SOFT TISSUE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

ANNELIDA; MACHAERIDIA;

EID: 66149171657     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1875     Document Type: Article

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