Quantitative analysis of taphofacies and paleocommunities in the early Cambrian Chengjiang Lagerstätte

Palaios

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 826-839

  Zhao, Fangchen ^a,b   Caron, Jean Bernard ^c   Hu, Shixue ^a,d   Zhu, Maoyan ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^d Yunnan Institute of Geological Sciences   (China)

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EID: 77955205347     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2009.p09-004r     Document Type: Article

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