The Cambrian fossils of Chengjiang, China. : the flowering of early animal life / Xian‐guang Hou, David J. Siveter ,Derek J. Siveter, Richard J. Aldridge, Pei‐yun Cong, Sarah E. Gabbott, Xiao‐ya Ma, Mark A. Purnell, Mark Williams.

• PART 1: GEOLOGICAL AND EVOLUTIONARY SETTING OF THE BIOTA -- 1. Geological Time and the Evolution of Early Life on Earth -- 2. The Evolutionary Significance of the Chengjiang Biota -- 3. The Discovery and Study of the Chengjiang Lagerstätte -- 4. The Distribution and Geological Setting of the Chengjiang Lagerstätte -- 5. The Taphonomy and Preservation of the Chengjiang Fossils -- 6. The Paleoecology of the Chengjiang Biota -- 7. Cambrian Lagerstätten -- PART 2: CHENJIANG FOSSILS -- 8. Algae -- 9. Ctenophora -- 10. Porifera -- 11. Cnidaria -- 12. Entoprocta -- 13. Phoronida -- 14. Brachiopoda -- 15. Annelida -- 16. Trochozoa of Uncertain Affinity -- 17. Priapulida and Relatives -- 18. Lobopodians -- 19. Anomalocaridids -- 20. Euarthropoda -- 21. Chaetognatha -- 22. Hemichordata -- 23. Ambulacraria of Uncertain Affinity -- 24. Chordata -- 25. Bilateria of Uncertain Affinity -- 26. Vetulicolians -- 27. Animals of Uncertain Affinity -- 28. Species Recorded from the Chengjiang Biota. 

• The celebrated lower Cambrian Chengjiang biota of Yunnan Province, China, represents one of the most significant ever paleontological discoveries. Deposits of ancient mudstone, about 520 million years old, have yielded a spectacular variety of exquisitely preserved fossils that record the early diversification of animal life. Since the discovery of the first specimens in 1984, many thousands of fossils have been collected, exceptionally preserving not just the shells and carapaces of the animals, but also their soft tissues in fine detail. This special preservation has produced fossils of rare beauty; they are also of outstanding scientific importance as sources of evidence about the origins of animal groups that have sustained global biodiversity to the present day. Much of the scientific documentation of the Chengjiang biota is in Chinese, and the first edition of this book was the first in English to provide fossil enthusiasts with a comprehensive overview of the fauna. The second edition has been fully updated and includes a new chapter on other exceptionally preserved fossils of Cambrian age, exciting new fossil finds from Chengjiang, and a phylogenetic framework for the biota. Displaying some 250 figures of marvelous specimens, this book presents to professional and amateur paleontologists, and all those fascinated by evolutionary biology, the aesthetic and scientific quality of the Chengjiang fossils.

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Fossila djur  (sao)

Animals, Fossil  -- China -- Chengjiang (LCSH)

Paleozoologi  -- Kina (sao)

Paleontology 

Animals, Fossil  (LCSH)

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