Pelmatozoan arms from the Middle Cambrian of Australia: Bridging the gap between brachioles and brachials?

Lethaia

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 283-296

  Clausen, Sébastien ^a   Jell, Peter A ^b   Legrain, Xavier ^a   Smith, Andrew B ^c  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cambrian; Echinoderms; Functional anatomy; Phylogeny; Stereom

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; ECHINODERM; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; TREMADOCIAN;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; BLASTOZOA; COLEOPTERA; CRINOIDEA; ECHINODERMATA; PELMATOZOA;

EID: 68149170538     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: 15023931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.2008.00145.x     Document Type: Article

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