Protists of the upper mesoproterozoic Ruyang Group in Shanxi Province, China

Precambrian Research

Volumn 141, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 49-66

  Leiming, Yin ^a   Xunlai, Yuan ^a   Fanwei, Meng ^a   Jie, Hu ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Eukaryote; Mesoproterozoic; Ruyang Group

Indexed keywords

MICROFOSSIL; MORPHOLOGY; PROTEROZOIC; PROTIST; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

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

ACRITARCHA; ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; PROTISTA; SPIROTAENIA;

EID: 26844562621     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2005.08.001     Document Type: Article

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