Phosphatized acanthomorphic acritarchs and related microfossils from the ediacaran doushantuo formation at Weng'an (South China) and their implications for biostratigraphic correlation

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-67

  Xiao, Shuhai ^a   Zhou, Chuanming ^b   Liu, Pengju ^c   Wang, Dan ^b   Yuan, Xunlai ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CHERT; CORRELATION; EDIACARAN; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MICROFOSSIL; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALIA; CHINA; GUIZHOU; RUSSIAN PLATFORM; SIBERIA; THREE GORGES; WENGAN;

EID: 84892865613     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/12-157R     Document Type: Article

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