Community palaeoecology of the early Cambrian Maotianshan Shale biota: Ecological dominance of priapulid worms

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 258, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 200-212

  Dornbos, Stephen Q ^a   Chen, Jun Yuan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cambrian; Chengjiang; China; Maotianshan Shale; Palaeoecology; Priapulid worms; Shankou biota

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BRACHIOPOD; CAMBRIAN; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DOMINANCE; FOSSIL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PALEOECOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

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

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BRACHIOPODA; PRIAPULIDA; PRIAPULIDAE;

EID: 38949115264     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.05.022     Document Type: Article

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