Eoandromeda and the origin of Ctenophora

Evolution and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 408-414

  Tang, Feng ^a,b   Bengtson, Stefan ^c   Wang, Yue ^d   Wang, Xun Lian ^e   Yina, Chong Yu ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^c SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^d GUIZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDIACARAN; FOSSIL RECORD; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PALEONTOLOGY; SYMMETRY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CTENOPHORA; FOSSIL; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; CTENOPHORA; FOSSILS; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALIA; CNIDARIA; CTENOPHORA (COELENTERATES); METAZOA;

EID: 80055028468     PISSN: 1520541X     EISSN: 1525142X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-142X.2011.00499.x     Document Type: Article

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