Proterozoic stromatolites: The first Marine Evolutionary Biota

Historical Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 241-253

  Awramik, Stanley M ^a   Sprinkle, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity patterns; Marine evolutionary biota; Proterozoic; Stromatolites

Indexed keywords

PROTEROZOIC; STROMATOLITE;

ALGAE; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; METAZOA;

EID: 0033386511     PISSN: 08912963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08912969909386584     Document Type: Article

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