The Vendian (Ediacaran) in the geological record: Enigmas in geology's prelude to the Cambrian explosion

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 77, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 1-229

  McCall, G J H ^a  

^a WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

body fossils (soft bodied); Ediacaran; glaciation; Neoproterozoic; trace fossils; Vendian

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PRECAMBRIAN; TRACE FOSSIL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33745606996     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2005.08.004     Document Type: Article

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