Widespread pyritization of insects in the early cretaceous Jehol biota

Palaios

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 708-712

  Wang, Bo ^a   Zhao, Fangchen ^a   Zhang, Haichun ^a   Fang, Yan ^a   Zheng, Daran ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTA; CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL RECORD; INVERTEBRATE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PRESERVATION; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SUCCESSION; VERTEBRATE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOGENIC DEPOSIT;

CHINA;

HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84872980120     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2012.p12-029r     Document Type: Article

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