The oldest isorophid edrioasteroid (Echinodermata) and the evolution of attachment strategies in Cambrian edrioasteroids

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 487-494

  Zamora, Samuel ^a   Smith, Andrew B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cambrian; Echinodermata; Edrioasteroidea; Isorophida; Spain

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BODY SHAPE; CAMBRIAN; CLASSIFICATION; ECHINODERM; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL RECORD; HARD-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEONTOLOGY; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; TAXONOMY; TRILOBITE;

SPAIN;

ECHINODERMATA; EDRIOASTEROIDEA;

EID: 77956915523     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: 17322421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4202/app.2010.0012     Document Type: Article

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