Ediacaran biota: The dawn of animal life in the shadow of giant protists

Paleontological Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-54

  Seilacher, Adolf ^a   Grazhdankin, Dmitri ^b   Legouta, Anton ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c PALEONTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cambrian explosion; Ediacaran fossils; Macroevolution

Indexed keywords

BIOTA; CAMBRIAN; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL RECORD; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PRECAMBRIAN;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BRACHIOPODA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; CREEDIIDAE; ECHINODERMATA; EDIACARA; METAZOA; MOLLUSCA; PROKARYOTA; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0043245996     PISSN: 13428144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2517/prpsj.7.43     Document Type: Article

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