Cambrian Sphenothallus from Guizhou Province, China: Early sessile predators

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 220, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 119-127

  Peng, Jin ^a   Babcock, Loren E ^b   Zhao, Yuanlong ^a   Wang, Pingli ^a   Yang, Rongjun ^a  

^a GUIZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

biomineralization; Cambrian; China; Cnidaria; predation

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; CAMBRIAN; PREDATION; SESSILE SPECIES;

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

ANIMALIA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; SPHENOTHALLUS;

EID: 17044410914     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2004.09.014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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