New wiwaxia material from the tsinghsutung formation (cambrian series 2) of eastern guizhou, China

Geological Magazine

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 339-348

  Sun, Hai Jing ^a   Zhao, Yuan Long ^a   Peng, Jin ^a   Yang, Yu Ning ^a  

^a GUIZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cambrian Series 2; Guizhou; Tsinghsutung Formation; Wiwaxia

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIANS; EVOLUTIONARY RELATIONSHIPS; GEOLOGICAL HISTORY; GUIZHOU; GUIZHOU , CHINA; GUIZHOU PROVINCE; TSINGHSUTUNG FORMATION; WIWAXIA;

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CAMBRIAN; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; METAZOAN; PALEOENVIRONMENT; TAPHONOMY; FOSSIL; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PALEONTOLOGY;

CHINA; GUIZHOU;

METAZOA; WIWAXIA CORRUGATA;

EID: 84891629385     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756813000216     Document Type: Article

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