Paleodictyon nodosum: A living fossil on the deep-sea floor

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 19-20, 2009, Pages 1700-1712

  Rona, Peter A ^a   Seilacher, Adolf ^b   de Vargas, Colomban ^c   Gooday, Andrew J ^d   Bernhard, Joan M ^e   Bowser, Sam ^f   Vetriani, Costantino ^a   Wirsen, Carl O ^e   Mullineaux, Lauren ^e   Sherrell, Robert ^a   Frederick Grassle, J ^a   Low, Stephen ^g   Lutz, Richard A ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

^d NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^f WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^g The Stephen Low Company   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ediacaran period; Hexactinellid sponge; Living fossil; Mid Atlantic ridge; Paleodictyon; TAG hydrothermal field

Indexed keywords

EDIACARAN PERIOD; HEXACTINELLID SPONGE; LIVING FOSSIL; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE; PALEODICTYON; TAG HYDROTHERMAL FIELD;

OCEAN CURRENTS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENTS; TUNNELS; WIND TUNNELS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ADAPTATION; BODY SHAPE; DEEP SEA; DEPOSIT FEEDER; EDIACARAN; EOCENE; FLYSCH; GENETIC STRUCTURE; ICONOGRAPHY; IN SITU TEST; LABORATORY METHOD; MARINE SEDIMENT; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANIC MATTER; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SPONGE; TRACE FOSSIL; TRAP (GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE); VALLEY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

FORAMINIFERA; HEXACTINELLIDA;

EID: 70249147196     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.05.015     Document Type: Article

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