Taxonomy and affinity of Early Mesoproterozoic megascopic helically coiled and related fossils from the Rohtas Formation, the Vindhyan Supergroup, India

Precambrian Research

Volumn 173, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 105-122

  Sharma, Mukund ^a   Shukla, Yogmaya ^a  

^a BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY   (India)

Author keywords

Grypania spiralis; India; Katnia singhii; Mesoproterozoic; Semri Group; Vindhyan Supergroup

Indexed keywords

ALGA; FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOTYPE; PROTEROZOIC; TAXONOMY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; MADHYA PRADESH; SOUTH ASIA; VINDHYA RANGE;

CHUARIA; CYANOBACTERIA; GRYPANIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 67650753450     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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