First finds of problematic Ediacaran fossil Gaojiashania in Siberia and its origin

Geological Magazine

Volumn 146, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 775-780

  Zhuravlev, Andrey Yu ^a   Vintaned, José Antonio Gámez ^a   Ivantsov, Andrey Yu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b PALEONTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Ediacaran Period; Gaojiashania; Non metazoan trace fossils; Siberian Platform

Indexed keywords

EDIACARAN; GAOJIASHANIA; GROWTH PATTERNS; PROTEROZOIC; SIBERIA; SIBERIAN PLATFORM; TRACE FOSSILS;

CORRELATION; EDIACARAN; FOSSIL RECORD; METAZOAN; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NEW RECORD; PALEONTOLOGY; PROTIST; SKELETAL REMAINS; TRACE FOSSIL;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIAN PLATFORM;

AMOEBOZOA; CLOUDINA; METAZOA; PROTISTA;

EID: 70349192880     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756809990185     Document Type: Article

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