The affinities of the cosmopolitan arthropod Isoxys and its implications for the origin of arthropods

Lethaia

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 540-550

  Legg, David A ^a,b   Vannier, Jean ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Anomalocaridid; Arthropodization; Congeneric; Great appendage; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BIVALVE; CAMBRIAN; CLADISTICS; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PHYLOGENY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 84887585738     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: 15023931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/let.12032     Document Type: Article

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