Diverse small spinose acritarchs from the Ediacaran Doushantuo Formation, South China

Palaeoworld

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 279-289

  Yin, Lei Ming ^a   Wang, Dan ^a   Yuan, Xun Lai ^a   Zhou, Chuan Ming ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Small spinose acritarchs; South China; The Ediacaran Doushantuo Formation

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DIAMETER; DIAPAUSE; EDIACARAN; EGG; EUKARYOTE; FOSSIL RECORD; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOZOIC; PHOSPHORITE; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CHINA;

ACRITARCHA; ALGAE; EUKARYOTA; METAZOA; PROTISTA;

EID: 80655136934     PISSN: 1871174X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palwor.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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