The internal structure of Early Cambrian fossil embryo Olivooides revealed in the light of Synchrotron X-ray Tomographic Microscopy

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 53, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 3860-3865

  Chen, Fang ^a,b   Dong, Xiping ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Early Cambrian; Fossil embryo; Internal structure; Olivooides; Punctatus; Synchrotron X ray Tomographic Microscopy

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; OLIVOOIDES;

EID: 57849116154     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-008-0452-9     Document Type: Article

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