First record of repaired durophagous shell damages in Early Cambrian lingulate brachiopods with preserved pedicles

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 302, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 206-212

  Zhang, Zhifei ^a   Holmer, Lars E ^b   Robson, Sean P ^c   Hu, Shixue ^d   Wang, Xiangren ^a   Wang, Haizhou ^a,b  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Manitoba Museum   (Canada)

^d Yunnan Geological Survey   (China)

Author keywords

Brachiopods; Cambrian; Durophagy; Lingulids; Pedicles; Predation

Indexed keywords

BRACHIOPOD; CAMBRIAN; EDIACARAN; FOSSIL RECORD; NEW RECORD; ORNAMENTATION; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; SHELL; SKELETAL REMAINS;

CHINA; YUNNAN;

ANIMALIA; BRACHIOPODA; LINGULIDA; PISTA;

EID: 79952737104     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.01.010     Document Type: Article

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