The disparity of priapulid, archaeopriapulid and palaeoscolecid worms in the light of new data

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2056-2076

  Wills, M A ^a   Gerber, S ^a   Ruta, M ^b   Hughes, M ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaeopriapulidas; Cambrian explosion; Disparity; Fossils; Palaeoscolecida; Priapulida

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; CLADISTICS; DATA SET; EXTINCTION; FOSSIL RECORD; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOTYPE; PALEOZOIC; SAMPLING; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; INVERTEBRATE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; INVERTEBRATES;

ECDYSOZOA; MACCABEIDAE; PALAEOSCOLECIDA; PRIAPULIDA; PRIAPULIDAE; TUBILUCHIDAE;

EID: 84866175757     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02586.x     Document Type: Article

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