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http://dx.doi.org/10.5467/JKESS.2007.28.2.248

Early Cambrian Chengjiang Fauna from Yunnan Province, China  

Lee, Chang-Zin (School of Science Education, Chungbuk National University)
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Journal of the Korean earth science society / v.28, no.2, 2007 , pp. 248-254 More about this Journal
Abstract
Recently lots of the Early Cambrian fauna were described from the Yunnan Province of China. The fauna occurs from the Maotiangshan shale that dated between 525 and 520 ma, which is about 10-20 million years earlier than the Burgess Shale fauna of Canadian Rocky Mountain and Sirius Passet fauna in North Greenland. The Chengjiang fauna comprises an extremely diverse faunal assembly, and soft body parts of the fauna are well preserved. Such condition probably resulted from repeated rapid burial environment that prevented the bodies from destruction by currents, bioturbation, and biolchemical activities.
Keywords
Yunnan Province; Chengjiang fauna; Early Cambrian;
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