Early Cambrian food chain: New evidence from fossil aggregates in the Maotianshan Shale biota, SW China

Palaios

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-26

  Vannier, Jean ^a   Chen, Junyuan ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^c Early Life Research Center   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; COPROLITE; FOOD CHAIN; FOSSIL;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; CHAETOGNATHA; LETHRINIDAE; PRIAPULIDAE; TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 13844310406     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2003.p03-40     Document Type: Article

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