Reproductive strategy of the bradoriid arthropod Kunmingella douvillei from the Lower Cambrian Chengjiang Lagerstätte, South China

Gondwana Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 983-990

  Duan, Yanhong ^a,b   Han, Jian ^a   Fu, Dongjing ^a   Zhang, Xingliang ^a   Yang, Xiaoguang ^a   Komiya, Tsuyoshi ^c   Shu, Degan ^a  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Life Science and Technology Department of Xinxiang College   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bradoriids; Egg bearing; Kunmingella; Qiongzhusian; Reproductive strategy

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; CAMBRIAN; EDIACARAN; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

CHENGJIANG; CHINA; YUNNAN;

EID: 84893773059     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2013.03.011     Document Type: Article

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