Sarotrocercus oblitus - small arthropod with great impact on the understanding of arthropod evoluation?

Bulletin of Geosciences

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 725-736

  Haug, Joachim T ^a   Mass, Andreas ^b   Haug, Carolin ^a   Waloszek, Dieteri ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arthropoda sensu stricto; Burgess Shale; Cambrian; Euarthropoda; Ontogeny

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; CAMBRIAN; CRUSTACEAN; EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; ONTOGENY;

ARTHROPODA; BREVICEPS; CRUSTACEA; SCUTULA;

EID: 81455128286     PISSN: 12141119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3140/bull.geosci.1283     Document Type: Article

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