Morphology and taphonomy of an Ediacaran frond: Charnia from the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 286, Issue , 2007, Pages 237-257

  Laflamme, M ^a   Narbonne, G M ^a   Greentree, C ^b   Anderson, M M ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTA; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; EDIACARAN; LEAF; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; PALEOECOLOGY; SESSILE SPECIES; TAPHONOMY;

AVALON PENINSULA; CANADA; MISTAKEN POINT; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 38349143989     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP286.17     Document Type: Conference Paper

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