Morphology and paleoecology of the late Ediacaran tubular fossil Conotubus hemiannulatus from the Gaojiashan Lagerstätte of southern Shaanxi Province, South China

Precambrian Research

Volumn 191, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 46-57

  Cai, Yaoping ^a   Schiffbauer, James D ^b   Hua, Hong ^a   Xiao, Shuhai ^b  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloudina; Conotubus; Ediacaran; Gaojiashan; South China

Indexed keywords

EDIACARAN; FOSSIL; METAZOAN; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; TAPHONOMY;

CHINA; SHAANXI;

CLOUDINA;

EID: 80054707624     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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