The rise of bilaterians: A few closing comments

Historical Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 433-436

  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

Bilaterian animals; Ediacara fossils; Ediacaran Period; Morphospace

Indexed keywords

DIAGENESIS; EDIACARAN; FAUNA; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PHYLOGENETICS;

ANIMALIA; BILATERIA;

EID: 78049507615     PISSN: 08912963     EISSN: 10292381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08912961003784207     Document Type: Article

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