Three-dimensional preservation of algae and animal embryos in a neoproterozoic phosphorite

Nature

Volumn 391, Issue 6667, 1998, Pages 553-558

  Xiao, Shuhai ^a   Zhang, Yun ^b   Knoll, Andrew H ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MULTICELLULAR; NEOPROTEROZOIC; PHOSPHORITE;

ALGA; ARTICLE; CHINA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GEOLOGY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION;

CHINA;

EID: 0032484945     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35318     Document Type: Article

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