Evidence of priapulid scavenging from the early Cambrian Chengjian deposits southern China

Palaios

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 691-694

  Han, Jian ^a   Zhang, Zhifei ^a   Liu, Jianni ^a   Shu, Degan ^a  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNELID; BENTHOS; CAMBRIAN; FOSSIL; SCAVENGING (FEEDING);

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

ANIMALIA; ARCHOTUBA CONOIDALIS; CNIDARIA; PRIAPULIDA;

EID: 36349006452     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2006.p06-117r     Document Type: Article

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