Ediacaran and Cambrian index fossils from Sonora, Mexico

Palaeontology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 169-175

  Sour tovar, Francisco ^a   Hagadorn, James W ^b   Huitrón Rubio, Tomás ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloudina; Early Cambrian; Mexico; Sonora; Trace fossils; Treptichnus pedum

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CAMBRIAN; EDIACARAN; FOSSIL RECORD; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; TRACE FOSSIL;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SONORA;

CLOUDINA; METAZOA; TREPTICHNUS PEDUM;

EID: 33846077006     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2006.00619.x     Document Type: Article

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