Phylogeny and escalation in Mellopegma and other Cambrian mollusks

Palaeontologia Electronica

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1-44

  Vendrasco, Michael J ^a   Kouchinsky, Artem V ^b   Porter, Susannah M ^a   Fernandez, Christine Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Helcionellid; Mellopegma; Mollusc; New species; Rostroconch; Stenothecid

Indexed keywords

BRACHIOPOD; CAMBRIAN; FOSSIL RECORD; MICROSTRUCTURE; MOLLUSC; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENY;

AUSTRALIA;

ANABARELLA; BRACHIOPODA; HELCIONELLIDA; MOLLUSCA; ROSTROCONCHIA;

EID: 79959851012     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10948074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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