The xenusian-to-anomalocaridid transition within the lobopodians

Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-74

  Dzik, Jerzy ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Cambrian; Evolution; Lobopods; Origin

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; CAMBRIAN; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY;

ARCTIC; CHENGJIANG; CHINA; GREENLAND; YUNNAN;

ARTHROPODA; AYSHEAIA; KERYGMACHELA; XENUSIIDAE;

EID: 79960913202     PISSN: 03757633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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