Tube structure and original composition of Sinotubulites: Shelly fossils from the late Neoproterozoic in southern Shaanxi, China

Lethaia

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-45

  Chen, Zhe ^a   Bengtson, Stefan ^b   Zhou, Chuan Ming ^a   Hua, Hong ^c   Yue, Zhao ^d  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^c NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Aragonitic tube; Ediacaran; Shaanxi. China; Sinotubulites; Tube structure

Indexed keywords

EDIACARAN; FOSSIL; MINERALIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHELL; SILICIFICATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHAANXI;

CLOUDINA;

EID: 39049137305     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: 15023931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.2007.00040.x     Document Type: Article

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