Stromatoporoid-grade and other sponge fossils from the Upper Krol Formation of the Lesser Himalaya (India): Implications for the biotic evolution around the Precambrian-Cambrian boundary interval

Facies

Volumn , Issue 49, 2003, Pages 351-372

  Flügel, Erik ^a   Singh, Indra Bir ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

Author keywords

Lesser Himalaya (India); Metazoan evolution; Paleontology; Precambrian Cambrian boundary; Sponges; Stromatoporoids

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; FACIES; PRECAMBRIAN-CAMBRIAN BOUNDARY; SPONGE;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS;

ARCHAEOCYATHA; METAZOA; STROMATOPOROIDA; STROMATOPOROIDEA; THALAMIDA;

EID: 1942467261     PISSN: 01729179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10347-003-0038-6     Document Type: Article

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