Patterns of distribution in the Ediacaran biotas: Facies versus biogeography and evolution

Paleobiology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 203-221

  Grazhdankin, Dima ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDIACARAN; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FACIES; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY; PROTEROZOIC; SPECIALIZATION; VENDIAN;

ARCTIC OCEAN; WHITE SEA;

EDIACARA; NAMA;

EID: 2442445394     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0094-8373(2004)030<0203:PODITE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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