The lobes and lobopods of Opabinia regalis from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale

Lethaia

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 83-95

  Budd, Graham E ^a,b   Daley, Allison C ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; CAMBRIAN; FOSSIL; LIMB; MORPHOLOGY; MUSEUM; PHYLOGENETICS;

EID: 83455199993     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: 15023931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.2011.00264.x     Document Type: Article

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