supported by the Chinese Academy of Sciences(2015FY310100);the Natural Science Foundation of China(41330101, 41221001,41290260,40602002,40872010,41521061, and 41072018);SZ is supported by a Ramon y Cajal grant (RYC-2012-10576);project CGL2013-48877-P from Spanish MINECO and EU-FEDER;a contribution of the ANR(Agence Nationale de la Recherche) project RALI "Rise of Animal Life (Cambrian-Ordovician-organization and tempo:evidence from exceptionally preserved biota"
The Guole biota contains common shelly fossils and some exceptionally well-preserved softbodied fossils. Stratigraphically, it is located in the mudstones and siltstones of the Sandu Formation near Guole Town, Jingxi ...
supported by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (KZZD-EW-02);the National Basic Research Program of China (2013CB835000);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41222013, 40872010, 400772020 and J1210006)
Anomalocaridids were large predators of the Cambrian seas at the top of the trophic pyramid.Complete anomalocaridid specimens have been rarely discovered and the rigid isolated frontal appendages and mouthparts are mo...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (40872010);the Key Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (KZZD-EW-02)
Cambrian echinoderms,especially eocrinoids,have been reported recently from Guizhou and Yunnan provinces of China,such as the Kaili,Balang,and Guanshan faunas.The present paper reports abundant well-preserved eocrinoi...