Comparison between cryptospores from the Cambrian Log Cabin Member, Pioche Shale, Nevada, USA and similar specimens from the Cambrian Kaili Formation, Guizhou, China

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 703-709

  Yin, LeiMing ^a   Zhao, YuanLong ^b   Bian, LiZeng ^c   Peng, Jin ^b  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b GUIZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cambrian; cryptospore like microfossils; Kaili Formation; Log Cabin Member

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIANS; CRYPTOSPORE-LIKE MICROFOSSIL; FOSSIL RECORDS; GUIZHOU; GUIZHOU PROVINCE; KAILI FORMATION; LOG CABIN MEMBER; LOG CABINS; MICROFOSSILS; ORGANICS;

SHALE;

CAMBRIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOSSIL RECORD; MICROFOSSIL; PALEOBOTANY; SPORE; TYPE SPECIMEN;

CHINA; GUIZHOU; NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876926956     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-012-4566-1     Document Type: Article

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