Morphology and wall ultrastructure of leiosphaeric and acanthomorphic acritarchs from the Ediacaran of Australia

Geobiology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 8-20

  Willman, S ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRITARCH; EDIACARAN; HOMOGENEITY; LIFE CYCLE; METAZOAN; MICROFOSSIL; MORPHOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALGA; ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; CELL WALL; CYTOLOGY; FOSSIL; MICROSCOPY; PROTOZOON; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; CELL WALL; FOSSILS; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PROTOZOA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; OFFICER BASIN;

ACRITARCHA; ALGAE; LEIOSPHAERIDIA; METAZOA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 60049099867     PISSN: 14724677     EISSN: 14724669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4669.2008.00178.x     Document Type: Review

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