Location: South China
Age: 550-590 million years old (latest Precambrian)
| Name: Doushantuo Formation Location: South China Age: 550-590 million years old (latest Precambrian) |
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References
* Qian, Y., Chen, M., and Chen, Y., 1979. Hyolithids
and other small shelly fossils from the Lower Cambrian Huangshandong
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* Shen, Y., Schidlowski, M., and Chu, X. L., 2000. Biogeochemical
approach to understanding phosphogenic events of the terminal
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* Xiao, S. H., Knoll, A. H., and Yuan, X. L., 1998. Morphological
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* Xiao, S. H., Zhang, Y., and Knoll, A. H., 1998. Three-dimensional
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* Xiao, S. H., and Knoll, A. H., 2000. Phosphatized animal embryos
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* Yuan, X. L., and Hoffmann, H. J., 1998. New microfossils from
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* Zhang, Y., and Yuan, X. L., 1992. New data on multicellular
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Links
* The Doushantuo Formation:
http://www.peripatus.gen.nz/paleontology/lagDouPho.html
* The Doushantuo Formation and the evolution of multicellular
organisms:
http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2002AM/finalprogram/abstract_36145.htm
* Organic matter from the Doushantuo Formation:
http://www.pku.edu.cn/academic/xb/99/_99e413.html
* Early embryos from the Doushantuo Formation:
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/life-02zs.html
* Doushantuo fossils:
http://www.discover.com/jan_issue/evolanimal.html