Class psammocorallia (coelenterata, vendian-ordovician): Recognition, systematics, and distribution

GFF

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 207-216

  Seilacher, Adolf ^a,b   Goldring, Roland ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomats; Body fossils; Coelenterata; Pseudofossils; Trace fossils; Vendian ordovician

Indexed keywords

COELENTERATA;

CAMBRIAN; COELENTERATE; ORDOVOCIAN; PROTEROZOIC; PROTOLYELLIA; PSAMMOCORALLIA; SPATANGOPSIS;

JORDAN; MONGOLIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 0030390619     PISSN: 11035897     EISSN: 20000863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11035899609546256     Document Type: Article

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