Precambrian Biota: Protistan Origin of Trace Fossils?

Current Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Pawlowski, Jan ^a   Gooday, Andrew J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FOSSIL; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOON; SEA; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FOSSILS; OCEANS AND SEAS; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOA;

BILATERIA; METAZOA; PROTISTA;

EID: 58149250146     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.11.003     Document Type: Short Survey

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