Soft-part preservation in a linguliform brachiopod from the lower Cambrian Wulongqing Formation (Guanshan Fauna) of Yunnan, South China

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 495-505

  Hu, Shixue ^a   Zhang, Zhifei ^c   Holmer, Lars E ^b   Skovsted, Christian B ^b  

^a Yunnan Institute of Geological Sciences   (China)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Brachiopods; China; Early Cambrian; Konservat lagerst tte; Linguliformea

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BENTHOS; BODY SHAPE; BRACHIOPOD; CAMBRIAN; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PRESERVATION;

CHINA; YUNNAN;

BRACHIOPODA; LINGULIFORMEA; LOPHOPHORA; SIPHONOTRETOIDEA;

EID: 77956896573     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: 17322421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4202/app.2009.1106     Document Type: Article

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