A suspension-feeding anomalocarid from the Early Cambrian

Nature

Volumn 507, Issue 7493, 2014, Pages 496-499

  Vinther, Jakob ^a   Stein, Martin ^b   Longrich, Nicholas R ^c   Harper, David A T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ARTHROPOD; CAMBRIAN; FOOD PREFERENCE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NEW RECORD; NUTRIENT CYCLING; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOZOIC; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COPEPOD; LIMB; LOWER CAMBRIAN; MESOZOOPLANKTON; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAMISIOCARIS BOREALIS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOSYSTEM; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOSSILS; GREENLAND; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOPLANKTON; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 84897381249     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature13010     Document Type: Article

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