Preliminary notes on soft-bodied fossil concentrations from the Early Cambrian Chengjiang deposits

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 51, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 2482-2492

  Han, Jian ^a   Shu, Degan ^a,b   Zhang, Zhifei ^a   Liu, Jianni ^a   Zhang, Xingliang ^a   Yao, Yang ^a  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Chengjiang fauna; Early Cambrian; Preservation; Soft bodied fossil concentration (SFC)

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33751551202     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-005-2151-0     Document Type: Article

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