Architecture and function of the lophophore in the problematic brachiopod Heliomedusa orienta (Early Cambrian, South China)

Geobios

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 649-661

  Zhang, Zhifei ^a   Li, Guoxiang ^b   Emig, Christian C ^c   Han, Jian ^a   Holmer, Lars E ^d   Shu, Degan ^a  

^a Northwest University   (China)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^c Uppsala University ^*  (France)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Discinid; Early Cambrian; Heliomedusa; Lifestyle; Lophophore; Stem group brachiopod

Indexed keywords

BRACHIOPOD; CAMBRIAN; FOSSIL; MORPHOLOGY; SHELL; TAXONOMY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

BRACHIOPODA; DISCINIDAE; EUKARYOTA; HELIOMEDUSA ORIENTA; LINGULIDA; LOPHOPHORA; PELAGODISCUS ATLANTICUS;

EID: 70349485109     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geobios.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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