Long expected sponges from the neoproterozoic ediacara fauna of South Australia

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 185-195

  Gehling, James G ^a   Rigby, J Keith ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDIACARA FAUNA; HEXACTINELLID; NEW GENUS; PALAEOPHRAGMODICTYA; PROTEROZOIC; SPONGE;

AUSTRALIA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, FLINDERS RANGES;

EID: 0029776595     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022336000023283     Document Type: Article

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