MICROFOSSILS DISCOVERED FROM THE SINIAN DOUSHANTUO FORMATION IN THE JIULONGWAN SECTION,EAST YANGTZE GORGES AREA,HUBEI PROVINCE,SOUTH CHINA
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Abstract:
Abundant microfossils have been discovered from the Sinian Doushantuo phosphorites and chert nodules in South China.Here we report large acanthomorphic acritarchs,micro-algae and animal embryos from Doushantuo cherts at the Jiulongwan section in the eastern Yangtze Gorges area.Eight genera and 8 species are described for the first time in the eastern Yangtze Gorges area,including the micro-alga Sarcinophycus radiatus,acritarchs Cymatiosphaeroides kullingii,Ericiasphaera spjeldnaesii,Meghystrichosphaeridium ...
