Nektaspid arthropods from the lower cambrian emu bay shale lagerstätte, South Australia, with a reassessment of lamellipedian relationships

Palaeontology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 377-402

  Paterson, John R ^a   Edgecombe, Gregory D ^b   GarcíA Bellido, Diego C ^c   Jago, James B ^d   Gehling, James G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c Universidad Complutense de Madrid CSIC   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arthropoda; Emucaris; Kangacaris; Lamellipedia; Nektaspida; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; CAMBRIAN; CLADISTICS; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALIA; KANGAROO ISLAND; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

AGLASPIDIDA; ARTHROPODA; FAVA; NEKTASPIDA; PYGIDIUM;

EID: 77952033401     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.00932.x     Document Type: Article

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