Chengjiang biota from the Lower Cambrian Niutitang Formation, Zunyi County, Guizhou Province, China

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 145-150

  Yang, Ruidong ^a   Zhang, Weihua ^a   Jiang, Lijun ^a   Gao, Hui ^a  

^a GUIZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Guizhou Province; Lower Cambrian; Member of the Chengjiang Fauna; Niutitang Formation

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BIOTA; BIOZONATION; CAMBRIAN; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY;

CHINA; GUIZHOU PROVINCE; ZUNYI COUNTY;

ARCHOTUBA CONOIDALIS; ISOXYS; LEPTOMITUS; LINGULEPIS; LONGENEMA; NARONIA; PERSPICARIS; SCENELLA; SPHAEROCONGREGUS VARIABILIS; TSUNYIDISCUS; YUKNESSIA; ZUNYIPHYTON PERELEGANS;

EID: 0042926899     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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