The morphology and phylogenetic position of the cambrian lobopodian diania cactiformis

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 445-457

  Ma, Xiaoya ^a,b   Edgecombe, Gregory D ^b   Legg, David A ^c   Hou, Xianguang ^a  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arthropodization; Cambrian; Diania cactiformis; Lobopodian; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; CAMBRIAN; CLADISTICS; DATA SET; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

CHENGJIANG; CHINA; YUNNAN;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; ONYCHOPHORA;

EID: 84896074585     PISSN: 14772019     EISSN: 14780941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2013.770418     Document Type: Article

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