The earliest history of the deuterostomes: The importance of the Chengjiang Fossil-Lagerstätte

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1679, 2010, Pages 165-174

  Shu, D G ^a,b   Conway Morris, S ^c   Zhang, Z F ^a   Han, J ^a  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cambrian; Chengjiang; Deuterostomes; Metazoan evolution; Vetulicolians; Yunnanozoans

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; ECHINODERM; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FOSSIL RECORD; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CHENGJIANG; CHINA; YUNNAN;

DEUTEROSTOMIA; ECHINOIDEA; METAZOA; PETROMYZONTIDAE; VERTEBRATA; VETULICOLIA;

EID: 75749102941     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0646     Document Type: Article

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