Cambrian anemones with preserved soft tissue from the Chengjiang biota, China

Lethaia

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 193-203

  Hou, Xian Guang ^a   Stanley Jr , George D ^b   Zhao, Jie ^a   Ma, Xiao Ya ^a  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Actiniaria; Anemone; Chengjiang biota; China; Lower Cambrian; Soft bodied fossils

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; SOFT TISSUE PRESERVATION; TAPHONOMY;

ACTINARIA; ACTINIARIA; ANEMONE; ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; METAZOA; SCYPHOZOA; ZOANTHARIA;

EID: 25144460103     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00241160510013295     Document Type: Article

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