Macroscopic carbonaceous compressions in a terminal Proterozoic shale: A systematic reassessment of the Miaohe biota, south China

• Main Authors: Xiao, SH, Yuan, XL, Steiner, M, Knoll, AH
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: PALEONTOLOGICAL SOC INC 2002
• Subjects: NEOPROTEROZOIC DOUSHANTUO FORMATION; BURGESS-SHALE; FOSSIL PRESERVATION; CAMBRIAN EXPLOSION; METAZOAN PHYLA; ANIMAL EMBRYOS; BAFFIN ISLAND; MICROFOSSILS; EVOLUTION; MEGAFOSSILS; Paleontology; Baffin Island; Burgess; Baffin
• Online Access: http://ir.nigpas.ac.cn/handle/332004/22031

Carbonaccous compression fossils in shales of the uppermost Doushantuo Formation (ca. 555-590 Ma) at Miaohe in the Yangtze Gorges area provide a rare Burgess-Shale-type taphonomic window on terminal Proterozoic biology. More than 100 macrofossil species have been described from Miaolte shales, but i...