A miniscule optimized visual system in the Lower Cambrian

Lethaia

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 265-273

  Schoenemann, Brigitte ^a   Liu, Jian Ni ^b   Shu, De Gan ^b,c   Han, Jian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Cambrian; Chengjiang Lagerst tte; Gradient index lens; Onychophorans; Visual system

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; CAMBRIAN; FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYLOGENY; VISUALIZATION;

ASIA; CHENGJIANG; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YUNNAN;

ANIMALIA; ONYCHOPHORA;

EID: 68149099583     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: 15023931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.2008.00138.x     Document Type: Article

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