The proterozoic and earliest Cambrian trace fossil record; patterns, problems and perspectives

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 219-228

  Jensen, Sören ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

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ALGAE; PALAEOPASCICHNUS; YELOVICHNUS;

EID: 0042855870     PISSN: 00031569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/43.1.219     Document Type: Conference Paper

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