Internal structure of cambrian fossil embryo Markuetia revealed in the light of Synchrotron Radiation X-ray Tomographic Microscopy

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 81-90

  Cheng, Gong ^a,b   Peng, Fan ^a,b   Duan, Baichuan ^a,b   Dong, Xiping ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Dimorphism; Markuelia; Synchrotron Radiation X ray Tomographic Microscopy (SRXTM)

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CAMBRIAN; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DIMORPHISM; EMBRYO; FOSSIL RECORD; INVERTEBRATE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE; PALEOBIOLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION; SYMMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY; VITRIFICATION;

PRIAPULUS;

EID: 79957820573     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2011.00381.x     Document Type: Article

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