Tentaculate fossils from the Cambrian of Canada (British Columbia) and China (Yunnan) interpreted as primitive deuterostomes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Caron, Jean Bernard ^a   Morris, Simon Conway ^b   Shu, Degan ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CAMBRIAN; CANADA; CHINA; CLADISTICS; ECHINODERM; FOSSIL; HERPETOGASTER COLLINSI; INTESTINE; MESENTERY; NONHUMAN; PALEONTOLOGY; PHARYNX; STOMACH; TAXONOMY; TENTACULATE FOSSIL; TRUNK; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALIA; DEUTEROSTOMIA; ECHINODERMATA; ENTOPROCTA; HEMICHORDATA; LOPHOTROCHOZOA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CHINA; ECHINODERMATA; FOSSILS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 77949686092     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009586     Document Type: Article

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