Andiva ivantsovi gen. et sp. n. and related carapace-bearing ediacaran fossils from the vendian of the winter coast, white sea, Russia

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 175-181

  Fedonkin, Mikhail A ^a  

^a PALEONTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Dipleurozoa; Ediacaran fossils; Invertebrates; Neoproterozoic; Problematic taxa; Russian Platform; Taphonomy; Vendian

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; INVERTEBRATE; METAZOAN; NEW SPECIES; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

WHITE SEA;

COELENTERATA; DIPLEUROZOA; HYDROZOA; INVERTEBRATA; METAZOA;

EID: 0036343607     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250000209356456     Document Type: Article

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