Silicified tubular microfossils from the upper doushantuo formation (Ediacaran) in the yangtze gorges area, South China

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 630-633

  Liu, Pengju ^a   Xiao, Shuhai ^b   Yin, Chongyu ^a   Tang, Feng ^a   Gao, Linzhi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; EDIACARAN; MICROFOSSIL; MORPHOLOGY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; THREE GORGES;

EID: 62449186783     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/08-034R1.1     Document Type: Article

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