Proposed GSSP for the base of Cambrian Stage 7, coinciding with the first appearance of Lejopyge laevigata, Hunan, China

Palaeoworld

Volumn 15, Issue 3-4 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 367-383

  Peng, Shan Chi ^a,b   Babcock, Loren E ^c   Zuo, Jing Xun ^a,d   Lin, Huan Ling ^a   Zhu, Xue Jian ^a,e   Yang, Xian Feng ^a   Robison, Richard A ^f   Qi, Yu Ping ^a   Bagnoli, Gabriella ^g   Chen, Yong An ^h  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Geological Survey   (China)

^e NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^h No 405 Geological Team of Hunan Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

Author keywords

Cambrian; China; Chronostratigraphy; GSSP

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TRILOBITE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUNAN; YOUSHUI RIVER;

AGNOSTOIDEA; LEJOPYGE LAEVIGATA;

EID: 37849189031     PISSN: 1871174X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palwor.2006.10.015     Document Type: Article

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