Textured organic surfaces associated with the Ediacara biota in South Australia

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 196-206

  Gehling, James G ^a   Droser, Mary L ^b  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ediacaran; microbial mats; Neoproterozoic

Indexed keywords

BIOTA; EDIACARAN; FOSSIL RECORD; MICROBIAL MAT; MORPHOTYPE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; TRACE FOSSIL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

BILATERIA; TOSCANA VIRUS;

EID: 70349278415     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2009.03.002     Document Type: Review

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