A Chengjiang-type fossil assemblage from the Hongjingshao Formation (Cambrian Stage 3) at Chenggong, Kunming, Yunnan

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 59, Issue 25, 2014, Pages 3169-3175

  Zeng, Han ^a,b   Zhao, Fangchen ^a   Yin, Zongjun ^a   Li, Guoxiang ^a   Zhu, Maoyan ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Burgess Shale; Cambrian; Cambrian explosion; Chengjiang biota; Soft bodied fossils

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904257024     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-014-0419-y     Document Type: Article

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