Spatial variation in the diversity and composition of the Lower Cambrian (Series 2, Stage 3) Chengjiang Biota, Southwest China

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 346-347, Issue , 2012, Pages 54-65

  Zhao, Fangchen ^a   Hu, Shixue ^b   Caron, Jean Bernard ^c   Zhu, Maoyan ^a   Yin, Zongjun ^a   Lu, Miao ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^c DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cambrian; Chengjiang Biota; Community; Diversity; Konservat Lagerst tten; Paleoecology; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

BIOTURBATION; CAMBRIAN; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FACIES; FOSSIL; MUDSTONE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PRESERVATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES INVENTORY; TAPHONOMY; TYPE SPECIMEN;

CHENGJIANG; CHINA; YUNNAN;

ARTHROPODA; BRACHIOPODA; CITRUS MAXIMA; PORIFERA; PRIAPULIDA; PRIAPULIDAE;

EID: 84863468913     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.05.021     Document Type: Article

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