Soft-bodied fossils from the Shipai Formation, Lower Cambrian of the Three Gorge area, South China

Geological Magazine

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 699-709

  Zhang, Xing Liang ^a   Hua, Hong ^a  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Burgess Shale; Lagerst tten; Lower Cambrian; Shipai Formation; Soft bodied fossils; South China

Indexed keywords

SHALE; SHIPS;

CHENGJIANG; CYLINDRICAL BODIES; LOWER CAMBRIANS; SHELLY FOSSILS; SHIPAI FORMATION; SOFT-BODIED FOSSILS; SOUTH CHINA; THREE GORGES;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS PRESERVATION;

CAMBRIAN; FOSSIL; SOFT TISSUE PRESERVATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; THREE GORGES;

PISTA;

EID: 32044463352     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756805000518     Document Type: Article

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