A new approach in deciphering early protist paleobiology and evolution: Combined microscopy and microchemistry of single Proterozoic acritarchs

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 139, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 1-15

  Javaux, E J ^a   Marshal, C P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

acritarchs; biological affinities; microchemistry; microscopy; Paleozoic; Proterozoic

Indexed keywords

ACRITARCH; EVOLUTION; MICROFOSSIL; PALEOBIOLOGY; PALEOZOIC; PROTOZOAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ACRITARCHA; PROTISTA;

EID: 33745673591     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2006.01.005     Document Type: Article

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