A new arthropod Jugatacaris agilis n. gen. n. sp. from the early Cambrian Chengjiang Biota, South China

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 567-586

  Fu, Dongjing ^a   Zhang, Xingliang ^a  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

arthropod; Chengjiang biota; Early Cambrian; South China

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA; ARTHROPOD; CAMBRIAN; FILTER FEEDER; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENY;

CHENGJIANG; CHINA; YUNNAN;

ARTHROPODA;

EID: 79955954696     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/09-173.1     Document Type: Article

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