Functional morphology, ontogeny and evolution of mantis shrimp-like predators in the Cambrian

Palaeontology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 369-399

  Haug, Joachim T ^a   Waloszek, Dieter ^b   Maas, Andreas ^b   Liu, Yu ^c   Haug, Carolin ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Burgess Shale; Chelicerata; Chengjiang; Fortiforceps; Great appendage arthropods; Jianfengia; Yohoia

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; CAMBRIAN; CRUSTACEAN; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EVOLUTION; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; ONTOGENY; PALEONTOLOGY; PREDATOR;

CHENGJIANG; CHINA; YUNNAN;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; CHELICERATA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HOPLOCARIDA; OPILIONES; PALPIGRADI; XIPHOSURA;

EID: 84858287577     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01124.x     Document Type: Article

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