Palaeontology of sponges - A review

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 242-261

  Pisera, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; ECOLOGY; MICROSTRUCTURE;

HEXACTINOSIDA; LYCHNISCOSIDA; PALAEONTOLOGY; SPONGES;

MICROORGANISMS;

BIOMARKER; CAMBRIAN; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEONTOLOGY; PRECAMBRIAN; SKELETON; SPICULE; SPONGE;

ASIA; CANADA; CHENGJIANG; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NORTH AMERICA; YUNNAN;

CALCAREA; HEXACTINELLIDA; HEXACTINOSIDA; LITHISTIDA; LYCHNISCOSIDA;

EID: 33745166641     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z05-169     Document Type: Review

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