Cambrian lobopodians: A review of recent progress in our understanding of their morphology and evolution

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 398, Issue , 2014, Pages 4-15

  Liu, Jianni ^a   Dunlop, Jason A ^b  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cambrian; Evolution; Lobopodians

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894253340     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.06.008     Document Type: Article

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