A vaucheriacean alga from the middle Neoproterozoic of Spitsbergen: Implications for the evolution of Proterozoic eukaryotes and the Cambrian explosion

Paleobiology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 231-252

  Butterfield, Nicholas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; CAMBRIAN; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; PROTEROZOIC; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARCTIC; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; GONGROSIRA; METAZOA; VAUCHERIACEAE; XANTHOPHYCEAE;

EID: 2442428619     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0094-8373(2004)030<0231:AVAFTM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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