Precambrian-Cambrian trace fossils from the Yangtze Platform (South China) and the early evolution of bilaterian lifestyles

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 254, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 328-349

  Weber, B ^a   Steiner, M ^b   Zhu, M Y ^c  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Early bilaterian lifestyles; Ichnoguilds; Microbial mats; Palaeoenvironments; Precambrian Cambrian boundary; Trace fossil; Yangtze Platform

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; ICHNOLOGY; ICHTHYOFAUNA; MICROBIAL MAT; PALEOBIOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PHANEROZOIC; PRECAMBRIAN-CAMBRIAN BOUNDARY; PROTEROZOIC; SHALLOW WATER; TRACE FOSSIL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

ARTHROPODA; BILATERIA; METAZOA; RUSOPHYCUS;

EID: 34548808619     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.03.021     Document Type: Article

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