The rise of bilaterians: A reply

Historical Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 239-246

  Xiao, Shuhai ^a   Kowalewski, Michał ^a   Shen, Bing ^b   Dong, Lin ^c   Laflamme, Marc ^d  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTORY; PALEOBIOLOGY;

BILATERIA;

EID: 77951661896     PISSN: 08912963     EISSN: 10292381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08912960903471659     Document Type: Article

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