Charnia and sea pens are poles apart

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-51

  Antcliffe, Jonathan B ^a   Brasier, Martin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTA; CAMBRIAN; EDIACARAN; ORIGIN OF LIFE; SOFT CORAL;

ANIMALIA; PENNATULACEA;

EID: 33846218176     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492006-080     Document Type: Article

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