Reconstructing a complex early Neoproterozoic eukaryote, Wynniatt Formation, arctic Canada

Lethaia

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 155-169

  Butterfield, Nicholas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acritarchs; Eukaryotes; Form taxonomy; Multicellularity; Neoproterozoic; Ontogeny; Problematica; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTE; MICROFOSSIL; PROTEROZOIC; RECONSTRUCTION;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ACRITARCHA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; POLYCHAETA; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 21244458354     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00241160510013231     Document Type: Article

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