The Ediacaran biotas in space and time

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 104-113

  Waggoner, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILATERIA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; METAZOA; NAMA;

EID: 0042354768     PISSN: 00031569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/43.1.104     Document Type: Conference Paper

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