Making sense of 'lower' and 'upper' stem-group Euarthropoda, with comments on the strict use of the name Arthropoda von Siebold, 1848

Biological Reviews

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 255-273

  Ortega Hernández, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aiolopoda; Arthrodization; Crown group; Deuteropoda nov; Euarthropoda; Lobopodian; Onychophora; Panarthropoda; Phylogeny; Tardigrada

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ARTHROPOD; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GENETICS; NOMENCLATURE;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84953741272     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/brv.12168     Document Type: Article

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