Renalciform cyanobacterias in the Middle Cambrian of the Argentine Precordillera: Morphology, stratigraphic position and paleoenvironmental meaning;Cianobacterias renalciformes en el Cámbrico Medio de la Precordillera Argentina: Morfología, posición estratigráfica y significado paleoambiental

Ameghiniana

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 221-232

  Gómez, Fernando J ^a   Astini, Ricardo A ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentine Precordillera; Cyanobacteria; La Laja Formation; Middle Cambrian; Renalcis

Indexed keywords

BIOSTROME; CAMBRIAN; CYANOBACTERIUM; FOSSIL; GONDWANA;

ARGENTINA; PRECORDILLERA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ARGENTINA (FISH); CYANOBACTERIA; LAURENTIA; RENALCIS;

EID: 18644384572     PISSN: 00027014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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