Tube construction and life mode of the late Ediacaran tubular fossil Gaojiashania cyclus from the Gaojiashan Lagerstätte

Precambrian Research

Volumn 224, Issue , 2013, Pages 255-267

  Cai, Yaoping ^a   Hua, Hong ^a   Zhang, Xingliang ^a  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ediacaran; Fossil; Morphology; Paleoecology; South China

Indexed keywords

EDIACARAN; FOSSIL; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; TAPHONOMY;

CHINA; SHAANXI;

EID: 84868225146     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2012.09.022     Document Type: Article

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