First occurrence of the Ediacaran fossil Charnia from the southern hemisphere

Alcheringa

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 315-316

  Nedin, Christopher ^a   Jenkins, Richard J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

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EID: 3242779945     PISSN: 03115518     EISSN: 17520754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03115519808619329     Document Type: Article

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