Reconstructing a lost world: Ediacaran rangeomorphs from spaniard's bay, newfoundland

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 503-523

  Narbonne, Guy M ^a,b   Laflamme, Marc ^c   Greentree, Carolyn ^d   Trusler, Peter ^c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; EDIACARAN; EXTINCTION; FOSSIL; JUVENILE; MORPHOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 69549125986     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/08-072R1.1     Document Type: Article

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