The Cambrian fossils of Chengjiang, China : the flowering of early animal life / Hou Xian-guang [and eight others]. - Second edition. Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2017. - 1 online resource

Geological and Evolutionary Setting of the Biota. Geological Time and the Evolution of Early Life on Earth -- The Evolutionary Significance of the Chengjiang Biota -- The Discovery and Study of the Chengjiang Lagerstätte -- The Distribution and Geological Setting of the Chengjiang Lagerstätte -- The Taphonomy and Preservation of the Chengjiang Fossils -- The Paleoecology of the Chengjiang Biota -- Cambrian Lagerstätten -- Chengjiang Fossils. Algae -- Ctenophora -- Porifera -- Cnidaria -- Entoprocta -- Phoronida -- Brachiopoda -- Annelida -- Trochozoa of Uncertain Affinity -- Priapulida and Relatives -- Lobopodians -- Anomalocaridids -- Euarthropoda -- Chaetognatha -- Hemichordata -- Ambulacraria of Uncertain Affinity -- Chordata -- Bilateria of Uncertain Affinity -- Vetulicolians -- Animals of Uncertain Affinity -- Species Recorded from the Chengjiang Biota -- Phylogenetic Arrangement of Chapters.

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From 500 to 570 million years ago


Animals, Fossil--China--Chengjiang (Yunnan Sheng)
Paleobiology--China--Chengjiang (Yunnan Sheng)
Paleontology--Cambrian.
Animals, Fossil.
Cambrian Geologic Period.
Paleobiology.
Paleontology.
NATURE / Animals / Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures
NATURE / Fossils
SCIENCE / Paleontology


China--Chengjiang (Yunnan Sheng)