Wall ultrastructure of an Ediacaran acritarch from the Officer Basin, Australia

Lethaia

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 111-123

  Willman, Sebastian ^a   Moczydłowska, Małgorzata ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acritarchs; Australia; Ediacaran; Neoproterozoic; Officer Basin; Phytoplankton; Protists; TEM; Wall ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ACRITARCH; EDIACARAN; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MICROFOSSIL; MORPHOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PROTEROZOIC; TAXONOMY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; OFFICER BASIN;

ACANTHOMORPHA; ACRITARCHA; ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE; PRASINOPHYCEAE; PROTISTA;

EID: 34249712309     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: 15023931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.2007.00023.x     Document Type: Article

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