Tannuolina and Micrina (Tannuolinidae) from the Lower Cambrian of eastern Yunnan, South China, and their scleritome reconstruction

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 900-913

  Li, Guoxiang ^a   Xiao, Shuhai ^b  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACHIOPOD; CAMBRIAN; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; ONTOGENY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YUNNAN;

ANIMALIA; BRACHIOPODA; CARINAE; HALKIERIA EVANGELISTA; INVERTEBRATA; LINGULIFORMEA; MICRINA; MICRINA XIAOTANENSIS; TANNUOLINA; TANNUOLINA ZHANGWENTANGI; TURCICA;

EID: 4344578594     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0022-3360(2004)078<0900:TAMTFT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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