A solution to Darwin's dilemma of 1859: Exceptional preservation in Salter's material from the late Ediacaran Longmyndian supergroup, England

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-4

  Callow, Richard H T ^a   Brasier, Martin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDIACARAN; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROFOSSIL; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; TAPHONOMY;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 69249193640     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492008-095     Document Type: Article

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