Double fossilization in eukaryotic microorganisms from Lower Cretaceous amber

BMC Biology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Martín González, Ana ^a   Wierzchos, Jacek ^b   Gutiérrez, Juan Carlos ^a   Alonso, Jesús ^c   Ascaso, Carmen ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

^c Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Álava   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOEBA; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BIOMINERALIZATION; CILIATE; EUKARYOTE EVOLUTION; EUKARYOTIC CELL; FLAGELLATE; LOWER CRETACEOUS; MICROFOSSIL; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRESERVATION; PROTISTAN COMMUNITY; PYRITIZATION; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; FOSSIL; PLANT; PROTOZOON; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROTISTA;

AMBER; IRON; PYRITE; SULFIDE;

AMBER; ANIMALS; FOSSILS; IRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PLANTS; PROTOZOA; SULFIDES;

EID: 61749098572     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-7-9     Document Type: Article

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