Three-dimensional phosphatic preservation of giant acritarchs from the terminal Proterozoic Doushantuo formation in Guizhou and Hubei Provinces, South China

Palaeontology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1157-1178

  Chuanming, Zhou ^a,b   Brasier, M D ^a,b   Yaosong, Xue ^a,b  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acritarch; Doushantuo formation; Phosphatic preservation; South china; Terminal proterozoic

Indexed keywords

ACRITARCH; ALGA; BACTERIUM; MICROFOSSIL; PHOSPHATIZATION; PROTEROZOIC;

CHINA; GUIZHOU PROVINCE; HUBEI PROVINCE; WENGAN;

BACATISPHAERA BAOKANGENSIS; CASTANEASPHAERA SPECIOSA; ECHINOSPHAERIDIUM MAXIMUM; MEGHYSTRICHOSPHAERIDIUM CHADIANENSIS; MEGHYSTRICHOSPHAERIDIUM RETICULATUM;

EID: 0035204985     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-4983.00219     Document Type: Article

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