Microborings in Early Cambrian phosphatic and phosphatized fossils

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 267, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 185-195

  Zhang, Xi guang ^a   Pratt, Brian R ^b  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioerosion; China; Early Cambrian; Endoliths; Fossils; Microborings; Phosphatization; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BIOEROSION; BRACHIOPOD; CAMBRIAN; DEVONIAN; EXOSKELETON; FOSSIL RECORD; LIME; MICROFOSSIL; MICROORGANISM; MUDSTONE; PHOSPHATE; SECRETION; TAPHONOMY; TRACE FOSSIL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

ARTHROPODA; BRADORIIDA; CITRUS MAXIMA; EODISCIDAE; LINGULIDA; MICRODICTYON; PALAEOSCOLECIDA; SINIA;

EID: 51449110149     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.06.015     Document Type: Article

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