Phylogeny and evolutionary significance of vermiform animals from the Early Cambrian Chengjiang Lagerstätte

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1774-1783

  Ma, XiaoYa ^a,b   Hou, XianGuang ^a   Baines, David ^b  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chengjiang Biota; lobopodian; priapulid; taphonomy; vermiform animals

Indexed keywords

CHENGJIANG; LOBOPODIAN; PRIAPULID; TAPHONOMY; VERMIFORM ANIMALS;

ECOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY;

ANIMALS;

BIOTA; CAMBRIAN; CLADISTICS; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GEOCHEMISTRY; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; INVERTEBRATE; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAPHONOMY;

CHENGJIANG; CHINA; YUNNAN;

ANIMALIA; METAZOA; PRIAPULIDA;

EID: 78649918273     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-010-4084-y     Document Type: Article

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