Three-dimensionally phosphatized meiofaunal bivalved arthropods from the Upper Cambrian of Western Hunan, South China

• Published in: Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen
• Main Authors: Zhang, Huaqiao, Xiao, Shuhai
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: E SCHWEIZERBARTSCHE VERLAGSBUCHHANDLUNG 2017
• Subjects: Orsten-type preservation; bivalved arthropods; meiofauna; Paibian Stage; Furongian Series; Wangcun Lagerstatte; South China; SMALL CARBONACEOUS FOSSILS; BURGESS SHALE; MIDDLE; MARKUELIA; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; AFFINITIES; TAPHONOMY; ANIMALS; Paleontology; Antarctic; Burgess; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://ir.nigpas.ac.cn/handle/332004/18335; https://doi.org/10.1127/njgpa/2017/0668

Meiofaunas are important ecological players in modern marine ecosystems, but their Cambrian fossil record is rather poor, even in some of the best-known Lagerstatten, such as the Burgess Shale biota, which are typically dominated by macroscopic animals. In this regard, the Upper Cambrian Wangcun Lag...