Biodiversity, speciation, and extinction trends of Proterozoic and Cambrian phytoplankton

Paleobiology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 230-246

  Vidal, Gonzalo ^a   Moczydłowska Vidal, Małgorzata ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRITARCHA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INVERTEBRATA; METAZOA; PROTISTA;

ACRITARCH; CAMBRIAN; DIVERSITY; EXTINCTION; PRECAMBRIAN; PROTEROZOIC; SPECIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 0031459947     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0094837300016808     Document Type: Article

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