Cambrian bivalved arthropod reveals origin of arthrodization

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1748, 2012, Pages 4699-4704

  Legg, David A ^a,b   Sutton, Mark D ^a   Edgecombe, Gregory D ^b   Caron, Jean Bernard ^c,d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arthrodization; Bivalved arthropod; Burgess shale; Cambrian; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868122887     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.1958     Document Type: Article

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