Early Cambrian sipunculan worms from southwest China
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Early Cambrian sipunculan worms from southwest China.
We report the discovery of sipunculan worms from the Lower Cambrian Maotianshan Shale, near Kunming (southwest China). Their sipunculan identity is evidenced by the general morphology of the animals (sausage-shaped body with a slender retractable introvert and a wider trunk) and by other features, both external (e.g. perioral crown of tentacles, and hooks, papillae and wrinkle rings on the body...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0962-8452,1471-2954
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2774