Ediacaria booleyi: Weeded from the Garden of Ediacara?

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 286, Issue , 2007, Pages 277-295

  MacGabhann, B A ^a   Murray, J ^a   Nicholas, C ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; EDIACARAN; MASS EXTINCTION; MICROFOSSIL; MORPHOLOGY; PRECAMBRIAN-CAMBRIAN BOUNDARY; TAXONOMY;

EID: 38349155478     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP286.20     Document Type: Conference Paper

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