Morphological reconstruction of Miaohephyton Bifurcatum, a possible brown alga from The Neoproterozoic Doushantuo Formation, South China

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1072-1086

  Xiao, Shuhai ^a   Knoll, Andrew H ^a   Yuan, Xunlai ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; MORPHOLOGY; PROTEROZOIC;

CHINA;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; CHLOROPHYTA; CHROMOPHYTA; CHRYSOPHYCEAE; CYANOBACTERIA; FUCALES; FUNGI; MIAOHEPHYTON; MIAOHEPHYTON BIFURCATUM; PHAEOPHYCEAE; RHODOPHYTA; XANTHOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0031733647     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022336000027414     Document Type: Review

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