Discovery of Ceratosphaeridium (Acritarcha) from the Ediacaran Doushantuo Formation in Yangtze Gorges, South China and its biostratigraphic implication

Bulletin of Geosciences

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 195-200

  Liu, Pengju ^a   Yin, Chongyu ^a   Chen, Shouming ^a   Tang, Feng ^a   Gao, Linzhi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Acritarcha; Ceratosphaeridium; Ediacaran; South Australia; Stratigraphical correlation; Yangtze Gorges

Indexed keywords

ACRITARCH; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; EDIACARAN; FLORA; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MICROFOSSIL; TAXONOMY;

AMADEUS BASIN; AUSTRALIA; CHINA; OFFICER BASIN; THREE GORGES;

ACRITARCHA;

EID: 84863229888     PISSN: 12141119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3140/bull.geosci.1223     Document Type: Article

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