Soft-part preservation in two species of the arthropod Isoxys from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale of British Columbia, Canada

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 699-712

  García Bellido, Diego C ^a   Vannier, Jean ^b   Collins, Desmond ^c  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

"great appendage"; Arthropoda; Burgess Shale; Cambrian; Isoxys; Lagerst tten

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTHROPOD; BIVALVE; CAMBRIAN; SOFT TISSUE PRESERVATION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

ACUTANGULUS; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; ISOXYS;

EID: 71049132106     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: 17322421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4202/app.2009.0024     Document Type: Article

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