Soft-body preservation in the leaiid clam shrimp (Branchiopoda, Diplostraca) and its palaeoecological implications

Leaia is a special genus of extinct “conchostracan” branchiopods; its soft parts have not been known until now. The leaiid specimens with soft bodies reported in the present paper came from two localities: the Upper Carboniferous Canso Group of New Brunswick, Canada, and the Permian Mount Glossopter...

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Published in:Crustaceana
Main Authors: Shen, Yan-Bin, Schram, Frederick R.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Brill 2014
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15685403-00003349
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