Assemblage palaeoecology of the Ediacara biota: The unabridged edition?

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 232, Issue 2-4, 2006, Pages 131-147

  Droser, Mary L ^a   Gehling, James G ^b   Jensen, Sören R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ediacara biota; Flinders; Neoproterozoic; Paleoecology; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

EDIACARAN; FOSSIL; PALEOECOLOGY;

EID: 33644846825     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.12.015     Document Type: Article

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