A new arthropod from the Early Cambrian of North Greenland, with a 'great appendage'-like antennula

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 477-500

  Stein, Martin ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arthropoda; Arthropods; Sirius Passet

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA;

EID: 77950541629     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00562.x     Document Type: Article

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