Fossils and matgrounds from the Neoproterozoic Longmyndian Supergroup, Shropshire, UK

Geological Magazine

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 441-455

  Mcilroy, Duncan ^a   Crimes, T Peter ^b   Pauley, John C ^c  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Pauley Geoconsultants Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ediacaran fauna; Matgrounds; Neoproterozoic; Palaeontology; Pseudofosils

Indexed keywords

EDIACARAN; MATGROUNDS; NEOPROTEROZOIC; PALAEONTOLOGY; PSEUDOFOSILS;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

EDIACARAN; NEW SPECIES; PROTEROZOIC;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; SHROPSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 26944491768     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756805000555     Document Type: Article

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