Soft anatomy of the early Cambrian arthropod Isoxys curvirostratus from the Chengjiang biota of South China with a discussion on the origination of great appendages

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 843-852

  Fu, Dong Jing ^a   Zhang, Xing Liang ^a   Shu, De Gan ^a  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arthropoda; Cambrian; Chengjiang biota; China; great appendage; Isoxys; soft anatomy

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTHROPOD; BIOTA; CAMBRIAN; EXOSKELETON; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOSSIL RECORD; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HOMOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

CHENGJIANG; CHINA; YUNNAN;

ACUTANGULUS; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; ISOXYS;

EID: 84855325473     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: 17322421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4202/app.2010.0090     Document Type: Article

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