A new theca-bearing Early Cambrian worm from the Chengjiang fossil Lagerstätte, China

Alcheringa

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-10

  Han, Jian ^a   Zhang, Xingliang ^a   Zhang, Zhifei ^a   Shu, Degan ^b  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Chengjiang Lagerst tte; Early Cambrian; Laojieella; Worm

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; FOSSIL;

ASIA; CHENGJIANG; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YUNNAN;

ANIMALIA; LEPTOMEDUSAE; PRIAPULIDAE;

EID: 33646188944     PISSN: 03115518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03115510608619340     Document Type: Article

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