The cuticle of the enigmatic arthropod phytophilaspis and biomineralization in cambrian arthropods

Lethaia

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 344-349

  Lin, Jih Pai ^a,b   Ivantsov, Andrey Yu ^c   Briggs, Derek E G ^b  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PALEONTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BIOMINERALIZATION; BIOTA; CAMBRIAN; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CUTICLE; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; TRILOBITE;

AGLASPIDIDA; ARTHROPODA; TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 79960543724     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: 15023931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.2010.00245.x     Document Type: Article

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