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Article: Precambrian–Cambrian boundary interval occurrence and form of the enigmatic tubular body fossil Shaanxilithes ningqiangensis from the Lesser Himalaya of India

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 57
Part: 2
Publication Date: March 2014
Page(s): 283 – 298
Author(s): <p>Lidya G. Tarhan,&nbsp;Nigel C. Hughes, Paul M. Myrow, Om N. Bhargava, Arun D. Ahluwalia and Anatoliy B. Kudryavtsev</p>
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TARHAN, L. G., HUGHES, N. C., MYROW, P. M., BHARGAVA, O. N., AHLUWALIA, A. D., and KUDRYAVTSEV, A. B. 2014. Precambrian–Cambrian boundary interval occurrence and form of the enigmatic tubular body fossil Shaanxilithes ningqiangensis from the Lesser Himalaya of India. Palaeontology, 57, 2, 283–298. doi: 10.1111/pala.12066

Author Information

  • Lidya G. Tarhan - Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA (email: lidya.tarhan@email.ucr.edu)
  • Nigel C. Hughes - Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA (email: nigel.hughes@ucr.edu)
  • Paul M. Myrow  - Department of Geology, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO, USA (email: pmyrow@coloradocollege.edu)
  • Om N. Bhargava - Panchkula, Harayana, India (email: onbhargava@gmail.com)
  • Arun D. Ahluwalia - Department of Geology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India (email: arundeep.ahluwalia@gmail.com)
  • Anatoliy B. Kudryavtsev - Department of Earth and Space Sciences, and Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, CA90095, USA (email: kudryavtsev@ess.ucla.edu)

Publication History

  • Issue published online: 15 MAR 2014
  • Article first published online: 22 JUL 2013
  • Manuscript Accepted: 5 JUN 2013
  • Manuscript Received: 9 OCT 2012

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NSF. Grant Numbers: EAR-1124303, EAR-1124518
DST. Grant Number: ESS/CA/A4-21/96
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

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