Restudy of the worm-like carbonaceous compression fossils Protoarenicola, Pararenicola, and Sinosabellidites from early Neoproterozoic successions in North China

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 258, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 138-161

  Dong, Lin ^a   Xiao, Shuhai ^a   Shen, Bing ^a   Yuan, Xunlai ^b   Yan, Xianqin ^b   Peng, Yongbo ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilaterian animal; Coenocytic algae; Neoproterozoic; North China; Pararenicola; Protoarenicola; Sinosabellidites

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; METAZOAN; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PROTEROZOIC; SUCCESSION; TAPHONOMY; TAXONOMY;

ANHUI; ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; BILATERIA; CHARNIODISCUS; METAZOA; SINOSABELLIDITES; TAWUIA;

EID: 38949201306     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.05.019     Document Type: Article

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