Early Cambrian Ediacaran-type fossils from California

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 731-740

  Hagadorn, James W ^a   Fedo, Christopher M ^b   Waggoner, Ben M ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; FOSSIL; PALEOBOTANY;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

TIRASIANA; TIRASIANA DISCIFORMIS;

EID: 0033858038     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022336000032832     Document Type: Article

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