The problems and potential of using animal fossils and trace fossils in terminal Proterozoic biostratigraphy

Precambrian Research

Volumn 73, Issue 1-4, 1995, Pages 51-69

  Jenkins, Richard J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DICKINSONIA; EDIACARA ASSEMBLAGE; PROTEROZOIC; RANGEA; TRACE FOSSIL;

AUSTRALIA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, FLINDERS RANGES; CANADA, NEWFOUNDLAND; CANADA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; NAMIBIA; UK, ENGLAND, LEICESTERSHIRE, CHARNWOOD FOREST , RUSSIAN FEDERATION, WHITE SEA; UKRAINE, PODOLIA;

EID: 0028830580     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-9268(94)00071-X     Document Type: Article

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