Trace fossil preservation and the early evolution of animals

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 220, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 19-29

  Jensen, Sören ^a,c   Droser, Mary L ^a   Gehling, James G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cambrian; Proterozoic; Taphonomy; Trace fossils

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; PROTEROZOIC; TAPHONOMY; TRACE FOSSIL;

ANIMALIA; BILATERIA;

EID: 17044375070     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2003.09.035     Document Type: Conference Paper

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