Basal cambrian microfossils from the yangtze gorges area (South China) and the aksu area (Tarim Block, northwestern China)

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-44

  Dong, L I N ^a   Xiao, Shuhai ^a   Shen, Bing ^a   Zhou, Chuanming ^b   Guoxiang, L I ^b   Jinxian, Y A O ^c  

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

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CAMBRIAN; CHERT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MICROFOSSIL; PHOSPHORITE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

AKSU; ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; THREE GORGES; XINJIANG UYGUR;

ACRITARCHA; ANIMALIA; COMASPHAERIDIUM; CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; SIPHONOPHYCUS;

EID: 58849113564     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/07-147R.1     Document Type: Article

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