Ediacaran microbial colonies

Lethaia

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 201-210

  Grazhdankin, Dmitriy ^a,b  

^a TROFIMUK INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Ediacaran fossils; Flinders Ranges; Geomicrobiology; Taphonomy; White Sea

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; COLONY; EDIACARAN; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROFOSSIL; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; TAPHONOMY;

COELENTERATA; DISCOIDAE; EUMETAZOA; METAZOA;

EID: 35649005405     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: 15023931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.2007.00025.x     Document Type: Article

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