Petrographic analysis of new specimens of the putative microfossil Vernanimalcula guizhouena (Doushantuo Formation, South China)

Precambrian Research

Volumn 225, Issue , 2013, Pages 58-66

  Petryshyn, Victoria A ^a   Bottjer, David J ^a   Chen, Jun Yuan ^b   Gao, Feng ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Doushantuo; Neoproterozoic; Vernanimalcula

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FORMIC ACID; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MICROFOSSIL; MORPHOLOGY; PETROGRAPHY; PHOSPHATIZATION; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENTATION;

CHINA;

ANIMALIA; BILATERIA; VERNANIMALCULA GUIZHOUENA;

EID: 84872173723     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2011.08.003     Document Type: Article

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