A re-examination of the Nama-type Vendian organism Rangea schneiderhoehni

Geological Magazine

Volumn 142, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 571-582

  Grazhdankin, Dima ^a,b   Seilacher, Adolf ^c,d  

^a PALEONTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nama Group; Neoproterozoic; Taphonomy; Taxonomy; Vendian

Indexed keywords

TAXONOMIES;

DOUBLE LAYERED; IMPORTANT FEATURES; NAMA GROUP; NEOPROTEROZOIC; RECENT PROGRESS; SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENT; TAPHONOMY; VENDIAN;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS PRESERVATION;

FOSSIL; TAPHONOMY; TAXONOMY; VENDIAN;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

RANGEA SCHNEIDERHOEHNI;

EID: 28244487462     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756805000920     Document Type: Article

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