Chuaria circularis WALCOTT 1899 - "Megasphaeromorph acritarch" or prokaryotic colony?

Acta Universitatis Carolinae, Geologica

Volumn 40, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 645-665

  Steiner, M ^a,b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

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ACRITARCH;

EID: 0030317983     PISSN: 00017132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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