Settling strategy of stalked echinoderms from the Kaili Biota (middle Cambrian), Guizhou Province, South China

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 258, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 213-221

  Lin, Jih Pai ^a   Ausich, William ^a   Zhao, Yuan Long ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GUIZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Burgess Shale type deposits; Echinoderms; Gogiids; Guizhou; Kaili Formation

Indexed keywords

BRACHIOPOD; CAMBRIAN; ECHINODERM; MORPHOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SETTLING BEHAVIOR; SKELETAL REMAINS; TRILOBITE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUIZHOU;

BRACHIOPODA; ECHINODERMATA; EDRIOASTEROIDEA; PAGETIA; SCENELLA; TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 38949167158     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.05.024     Document Type: Article

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