Ediacaran acanthomorphic acritarchs and other microfossils from chert nodules of the upper doushantuo formation in the yangtze gorges area, South China

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 88, Issue SP72, 2014, Pages 1-139

  Liu, Pengju ^a   Xiao, Shuhai ^b   Yin, Chongyu ^a   Chen, Shouming ^a   Zhou, Chuanming ^c   Li, Meng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

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

^c NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; EDIACARAN; FINFISH; MICROFOSSIL; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PALEONTOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALIA; CHINA; THREE GORGES;

EID: 84892899807     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/13-009     Document Type: Article

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