Reassessment of the putative ciliate fossils Eotintinnopsis, Wujiangella, and Yonyangella from the neoproterozoic doushantuo formation in China

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 139-144

  Dunthorn, Micah ^a   Lipps, Jere H ^b   Stoeck, Thorsten ^a  

^a France   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ciliophora; Diagenesis; Doushantuo formation; Fossils; Homology; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

ACRITARCHA; CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; SUCTORIA; TINTINNIDA;

EID: 77954499917     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: 16890027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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