1.3 Billion years of acritarch history: An empirical morphospace approach

Precambrian Research

Volumn 144, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 52-68

  Huntley, John Warren ^a   Xiao, Shuhai ^a   Kowalewski, Michał ^a  

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

Author keywords

Acritarchs; Cambrian; Macroevolution; Morphological disparity; Proterozoic

Indexed keywords

ACRITARCH; MICROFOSSIL; PROTEROZOIC;

ACRITARCHA; ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; METAZOA; PROTISTA;

EID: 30344486937     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2005.11.003     Document Type: Article

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