400 million years on six legs: On the origin and early evolution of Hexapoda

Arthropod Structure and Development

Volumn 39, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 191-203

  Grimaldi, David A ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atelocerata; Fossils; Hexapoda; Pancrustacea; Phylogeny; Stem groups

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; CRUSTACEA; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; INSECT; LOWER DEVONIAN; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PALEOZOIC; PERMIAN; REVIEW; UPPER DEVONIAN; UPPER SILURIAN;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; CRUSTACEA; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

APTERYGOTA; ARCHAEOGNATHA; COLLEMBOLA; CRUSTACEA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MYRIAPODA; PANCRUSTACEA; UNIRAMIA;

EID: 77950593486     PISSN: 14678039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2009.10.008     Document Type: Review

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