The absence of echinoderms from the Lower Cambrian Chengjiang fauna of China: Palaeoecological and palaeogeographical implications

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 294, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 133-141

  Clausen, Sébastien ^a   Hou, Xian Guang ^b   Bergström, Jan ^c   Franzén, Christina ^c  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cambrian Series 1 2; Chengjiang fauna; China; Echinoderms; Palaeoecological evolution

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; CARBONATE; COLONIZATION; ECHINODERM; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; POLYP; SHALE; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; TAXONOMY;

CHENGJIANG; CHINA; YANGTZE PLATFORM; YUNNAN;

ANIMALIA; DEUTEROSTOMIA; ECHINODERMATA;

EID: 77955276939     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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