A new metazoan from the Vendian of the White Sea, Russia, with possible affinities to the ascidians

Paleontological Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-11

  Fedonkin, M A ^a,b,c   Vickers Rich, P ^a,c   Swalla, B J ^d   Trusler, P ^c   Hall, M ^c  

^a PALEONTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

ascidian tunicates; chordate ancestor; Ediacaran; Namibia; Russia; Vendian

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CHORDATA; INVERTEBRATA; METAZOA; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 84856599497     PISSN: 00310301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0031030112010042     Document Type: Article

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