Ultrastructure and morphology of Chuaria circularis (Walcott, 1899) Vidal and Ford (1985) from the Neoproterozoic Visingso Group, Sweden

Precambrian Research

Volumn 102, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 123-134

  Talyzina, Nina M ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chuaria (acritarcha); Morphology; Neoproterozoic; Sweden; Ultrastructure; Visingso Group

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; PROTEROZOIC;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0034081520     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(00)00062-0     Document Type: Article

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