Smothering of microbial mats by macrobiota: Implications for the Ediacara biota

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 166, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1117-1121

  McIlroy, Duncan ^a   Brasier, Martin D ^b   Lang, Andrew S ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDIACARAN; FOSSIL RECORD; MICROBIAL MAT; MICROORGANISM; MORPHOLOGY; PRECAMBRIAN; PRESERVATION;

DICKINSONIA; YORGIA;

EID: 70350595870     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492009-073     Document Type: Article

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