A uniquely preserved Ediacaran fossil with direct evidence for a quilted bodyplan

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 102, Issue 29, 2005, Pages 10227-10232

  Xiao, Shuhai ^a   Shen, Bing ^a   Zhou, Chuanming ^b   Xie, Guwei ^b   Yuan, Xunlai ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Ecology; Neoproterozoic; Taphonomy; Vendobionta

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT; CALCIUM CARBONATE; LIMESTONE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOSPHERE; CHINA; DENGYING FORM; ECOLOGY; EDIACARAN; FOSSIL; GEOLOGY; MICROORGANISM; MORPHOGENESIS; NEOPROTEROZOIC; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PHASE TRANSITION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; SEDIMENT; SILICLASTIC ROCK; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TAPHONOMY; VENDOBIONT; WATER SEDIMENT INTERFACE;

ANATOMY; CHINA; FOSSILS; GEOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY;

EID: 22544457875     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0502176102     Document Type: Article

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