New observations of the ornamented Doushantuo embryo fossils from the Ediacaran Weng'an Biota, South China

Bulletin of Geosciences

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 171-181

  Yin, Zongjun ^a   Zhu, Maoyan ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Doushantuo; Ediacaran; Embryos; Fossil; Resting eggs; Weng'an Biota

Indexed keywords

EDIACARAN; EMBRYO; FOSSIL; METAZOAN; MICROSTRUCTURE; PALEONTOLOGY;

CHINA; GUIZHOU; WENGAN;

MEGASPHAERA ORNATA; METAZOA;

EID: 84858143094     PISSN: 12141119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3140/bull.geosci.1234     Document Type: Article

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