Biodiversity and taphonomy of the Early Cambrian Guanshan biota, eastern Yunnan

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1765-1773

  Hu, ShiXue ^a,b   Zhu, MaoYan ^a   Steiner, Michael ^c   Luo, HuiLin ^b   Zhao, FangChen ^a   Liu, Qi ^d  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b Yunnan Geological Survey   (China)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Burgess Shale type preservation; Cambrian; Cambrian Explosion; Guanshan biota; soft bodied fossils

Indexed keywords

BURGESS SHALE-TYPE PRESERVATION; CAMBRIANS; CHENGJIANG; GEOLOGICAL SETTING; GREEN ALGA; GUANSHAN BIOTA; SOFT-BODIED FOSSILS; SOFT-BODIED PRESERVATION; SOUTH CHINA; TAPHONOMY;

BIODIVERSITY; EXPLOSIONS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHALE;

ALGAE;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOTA; BRACHIOPOD; CAMBRIAN; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; NEW RECORD; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TAPHONOMY; TRILOBITE;

CHINA; YUNNAN;

ALGAE; BRACHIOPODA; CHLOROPHYTA; HYOLITHIDAE; METAZOA; TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 78649941246     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-010-4086-9     Document Type: Article

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