The late triassic black shales of the Guanling area, Guizhou Province, south-west China: A unique marine reptile and pelagic crinoid fossil Lagerstätte

Palaeontology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-61

  Xiaofeng, Wang ^a   Bachmann, Gerhard H ^b   Hagdorn, Hans ^c   Sander, P Martin ^d   Cuny, Giles ^e   Xiaohong, Chen ^a   Chuanshang, Wang ^a   Lide, Chen ^a   Long, Cheng ^a   Fansong, Meng ^a   Guanghong, Xu ^a  

^a Yichang Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c Muschelkalkmuseum ^*  (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Black shales; Carnian; Guanling area; Lagerst tte; Marine reptiles; Pelagic crinoids; South west China

Indexed keywords

AMMONITE; ANOXIC SEDIMENT; BIVALVE; BLACK SHALE; DEPOSITION; ECHINODERM; FOSSIL; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; REPTILE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SKELETAL REMAINS; TRIASSIC;

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

AMMONOIDEA; BIVALVIA; CRINOIDEA; HALOBIIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; PELMATOZOA; PISCES; REPTILIA; ROVEACRINIDA; TRAUMATOCRINUS;

EID: 38349141002     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00735.x     Document Type: Article

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