Early Cambrian eodiscoid trilobite Hupeidiscus orientails from South China: Ontogeny and implications for affinities of Mongolitubulus -like sclerites

Bulletin of Geosciences

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 159-169

  Li, Guoxiang ^a   Steiner, Michael ^b   Zhu, Maoyan ^a   Zhao, Xin ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eodiscoid; Hupeidiscus; Lower cambrian; Mongolitubulus; Sclerite; South China

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; CAMBRIAN; EXOSKELETON; MORPHOLOGY; ONTOGENY; SCLERITE; TRILOBITE;

CHINA; MONGOLIA;

ARTHROPODA; BRADORIIDA; EODISCOIDEA; PYGIDIUM; TRILOBITOMORPHA; TSUNYIDISCUS;

EID: 84863230274     PISSN: 12141119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3140/bull.geosci.1224     Document Type: Article

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