Epibionts on the lingulate brachiopod Diandongia from the Early Cambrian Chengjiang Lagerstätte, South China

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1679, 2010, Pages 175-181

  Zhang, Zhifei ^a   Han, Jian ^a   Wang, Yang ^a   Emig, Christian C ^b   Shu, Degan ^a  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Brachiopoda; Chengjiang Lagerst tte; Early Cambrian; Epibiosis; Lingulids; Soft tissue preservation

Indexed keywords

BRACHIOPOD; CAMBRIAN; EPIBIONT; FOSSIL RECORD; JUVENILE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NICHE; SHELL; SOFT TISSUE PRESERVATION;

CHINA;

ARCHOTUBA CONOIDALIS; BRACHIOPODA; CITRUS MAXIMA; LINGULIDA; PISTA;

EID: 75749138925     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0618     Document Type: Article

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