Basal Cambrian microfossils from the Yurtus and Xishanblaq Formations (Tarim, North-West China): Systematic revision and biostratigraphic correlaton of Micrhystridium-like acritarchs

J. Yao, S. Xiao, L. Yin, G. Li, and X. Yuan.

2005

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Palaeontology 48(4):687-708

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Taxa discussed in this work:

• Acritarcha
• Asteridium
• Comasphaeridium
• Heliosphaeridium
• Leiosphaeridia
• Megathrix
• Zhikinites

Taxonomy:

• Zhijinites longistriatus belongs to Zhijinites - Qian (1978)
• Kaiyangites novilis belongs to Kaiyangites - Qian and Yin (1984)
• Asteridium belongs to Acritarcha - Yao et al. (2005)
• Comasphaeridium belongs to Acritarcha - Yao et al. (2005)
• Heliosphaeridium belongs to Acritarcha - Yao et al. (2005)
• Leiosphaeridia belongs to Acritarcha - Yao et al. (2005)
• Megathrix belongs to Metazoa - Yao et al. (2005)