Stromatolitic and trace fossils community of the cerro victoria formation, Arroyo del soldado group (Lowermost Cambrian Uruguay)

Gondwana Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 753-766

  Sprechmann, Peter ^a   Gaucher, Claudio ^a   Blanco, Gonzalo ^a   Montana, Juan ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Ichnofossils; Lower Cambrian; Paleoecology; Stromatolites; Uruguay

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; CARBONATE RAMP; OOID; PALEOBIOLOGY; PALEOLATITUDE; STROMATOLITE; TRACE FOSSIL;

URUGUAY;

EID: 3242778570     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)71061-3     Document Type: Article

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