Early cambrian mollusc watsonella crosbyi: A potential GSSP index fossil for the base of the cambrian stage 2

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 309-319

  Li, Guoxiang ^a   Zhao, Xin ^a   Gubanov, Alexander ^b   Zhu, Maoyan ^a   Na, Lin ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cambrian stage 2; Microstructure; Mollusc; Siberian platform; South china; Terreneuvian; Watsonella crosbyi

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; CARBONATE ROCK; FOSSIL RECORD; MICROSTRUCTURE; MOLLUSC; PALEONTOLOGY; SHELL; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; TAXONOMY;

CHINA;

HELCIONELLOIDA; MOLLUSCA; WATSONELLA;

EID: 79957833046     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2011.00400.x     Document Type: Article

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