Solving the mystery of crinoid ancestry: New fossil evidence of arm origin and development

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 350-364

  Guensburg, Thomas E ^a   Sprinkle, James ^b  

^a Rock Valley College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; ECHINODERM; FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; NEW TAXON; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY; TYPE SPECIMEN;

BLASTOZOA; CLADIDA; CRINOIDEA; ECHINODERMATA; EDRIOASTEROIDEA; EOCRINOIDEA; PELMATOZOA;

EID: 67649998403     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/08-090.1     Document Type: Article

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