Dickinsonia from Ediacara: A new look at morphology and body construction

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 270, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 311-323

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Australia; Dickinsonia; Ediacara; l gerstatte; Precambrian

Indexed keywords

EDIACARAN; FOSSIL; MORPHOLOGY; POLYCHAETE; PRECAMBRIAN; RECONSTRUCTION; TAPHONOMY; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

BILATERIA; COELENTERATA; DICKINSONIA; OVIS ARIES; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 56349106006     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.07.018     Document Type: Article

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