Silicified Horodyskia and Palaeopascichnus from upper Ediacaran cherts in South China: Tentative phylogenetic interpretation and implications for evolutionary stasis

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 367-378

  Dong, Lin ^a   Xiao, Shuhai ^a   Shen, Bing ^a   Zhou, Chuanming ^b  

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

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CHERT; EDIACARAN; EVOLUTION; FORAMINIFERA; FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; ONTOGENY; PHYLOGENETICS; QUARTZ; SILICIFICATION; TAXONOMY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUIZHOU;

ANIMALIA; FORAMINIFERA; HORODYSKIA; METAZOA; PHAEOPHYCEAE;

EID: 39049084036     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492007-074     Document Type: Article

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