Early Cambrian radiation of brachiopods: A perspective from South China

Gondwana Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 241-254

  Zhang, Zhifei ^a   Robson, Sean P ^b   Emig, Christian ^c   Shu, Degan ^a  

^a Northwest University   (China)

^b Manitoba Museum   (Canada)

^c BrachNet   (France)

Author keywords

Brachiopods; Character evolution; Diversification; Early Cambrian; Soft tissue preservation

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BRACHIOPOD; CAMBRIAN; CARBONATE ROCK; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SHALLOW WATER; SILTSTONE;

CHINA; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 46149122676     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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