Rhynchonelliformean brachiopods with soft-tissue preservation from the Early Cambrian Chengjiang Lagerstätte of South China

Palaeontology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1391-1402

  Zhang, Zhifei ^a   Shu, Degan ^a   Emig, Christian ^b   Zhang, Xingliang ^a   Han, Jian ^a   Liu, Jianni ^a   Li, Yong ^c   Guo, Junfeng ^a,c  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^c CHANG'AN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Brachiopoda; Chengjiang Lagerst tte; Digestive tract; Early Cambrian; Lophophore; Pedicle; Soft tissue Peservation

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BRACHIOPOD; CAMBRIAN; FOSSIL; LAGERSTATTE; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SOFT TISSUE PRESERVATION; TAXONOMY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

BRACHIOPODA; LINGULIDA; LOPHOPHORA; RHYNCHONELLIFORMEA;

EID: 36349002946     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00725.x     Document Type: Article

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