The importance of Nama Group sediments and fossils to the debate about animal origins

Palaeontologia Africana

Volumn 34, Issue , 1997, Pages 1-13

  Brain, C K ^a  

^a Transvaal Museum   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ediacaran fauna; Metazoan origins; Nama Group; Proterozoic

Indexed keywords

EDIACARAN; EVOLUTION; PALEONTOLOGY; PROTEROZOIC;

NAMIBIA;

METAZOA;

EID: 0031545588     PISSN: 00788554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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