Preliminary elemental analysis of fossil insects from the Middle Jurassic of Daohugou, Inner Mongolia and its taphonomic implications

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 783-787

  Wang, Bo ^a   Li, Jianfeng ^b,c   Fang, Yan ^a   Zhang, Haichun ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Daohugou; Fossil insects; Inner Mongolia; Middle Jurassic; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

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EID: 61449255411     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-008-0561-5     Document Type: Article

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