Palaeoecology of the trace fossil Gordia and its interaction with nonmineralizing taxa from the early Middle Cambrian Kaili Biota, Guizhou province, South China

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 277, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 141-148

  Wang, Yue ^a,b   Lin, Jih Pai ^c   Zhao, Yuan Long ^a   Orr, Patrick J ^d  

^a GUIZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Burgess Shale; Ichnofossils; Kaili Formation; Lagerst tten; Pararotadiscus; Taijiang

Indexed keywords

BURROWING; CAMBRIAN; ICHNOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; SHALE; TRACE FOSSIL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUIZHOU;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; CANADASPIS; GORDIA; GORDIA MARINA; PRIAPULIDAE;

EID: 67349217401     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.02.017     Document Type: Article

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