The exceptionally preserved Early Cambrian stem rhynchonelliform brachiopod Longtancunella and its implications

Lethaia

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 490-495

  Zhang, Zhifei ^a   Holmer, Lars E ^b   Ou, Qiang ^c   Han, Jian ^a   Shu, Degan ^a  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BRACHIOPOD; CAMBRIAN; EXOSKELETON; HOMOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PERFORATION; TAXONOMY;

BRACHIOPODA; CHILEATA; LINGULIFORMEA; LOPHOPHORA; RHYNCHONELLIFORMEA;

EID: 79955944984     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: 15023931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.2011.00261.x     Document Type: Article

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