A Parvancorina-like arthropod from the Cambrian of South China

Historical Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-45

  Lin, Jih Pai ^a   Gon III, Samuel M ^b   Gehling, James G ^c   Babcock, Loren E ^a   Zhao, Yuan Long ^d   Zhang, Xing Liang ^e   Hu, Shi Xue ^f   Yuan, Jin Liang ^g   Yu, Mei Yi ^d   Peng, Jin ^d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^c SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^d GUIZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f Yunnan Geological Survey   (China)

^g INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Burgess Shale type deposits; Ediacaran; Kaili Formation; Primicaris; Skania; Vendobionts

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; CAMBRIAN; FOSSIL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; PARVANCORINA; PRIAPULIDAE; PYGIDIUM; TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 33645127161     PISSN: 08912963     EISSN: 10292381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08912960500508689     Document Type: Article

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