An Early Cambrian stem polychaete with pygidial cirri

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 929-932

  Vinther, Jakob ^a   Eibye Jacobsen, Danny ^b   Harper, David A T ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Annelida; Cambrian; Fossil; Polychaeta; Pygidial cirri

Indexed keywords

ANNELID; CAMBRIAN; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; NEW RECORD; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOBIOLOGY; POLYCHAETE; TAXONOMY;

EID: 80053958920     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0592     Document Type: Article

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