Articulated sponges from the Lower Cambrian Hetang Formation in southern Anhui, South China: Their age and implications for the early evolution of sponges

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 220, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 89-117

  Xiao, Shuhai ^a   Hu, Jie ^b   Yuan, Xunlai ^b   Parsley, Ronald L ^c   Cao, Ruiji ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^c Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

Early Cambrian; Hetang Formation; Phylogeny; South China; Sponges

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SPONGE;

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

CALCAREA; EUMETAZOA; PROTOSPONGIA;

EID: 17044427610     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2002.02.001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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