A corset-like fossil from the Cambrian Sirius Passet Lagerstätte of North Greenland and its implications for cycloneuralian evolution

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 332-340

  Peel, John S ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cambrian; Cycloneuralia; Greenland; Lagerst tte; Problematic fossil

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; CLADISTICS; FOSSIL; INVERTEBRATE; LAGERSTATTE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; RELATEDNESS;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

LORICA; LORICIFERA; NEMATOMORPHA; PRIAPULIDA; SCALIDOPHORA;

EID: 77749327657     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/09-102R.1     Document Type: Article

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