A new species of Cloudina from the terminal Ediacaran of Spain

Precambrian Research

Volumn 176, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Cortijo, I ^a   Marti Mus M ^a   Jensen, S ^a   Palacios, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biomineralization; Cloudina; Ediacaran; Spain

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; EDIACARAN; METAZOAN; MICROFOSSIL; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

CLOUDINA; METAZOA;

EID: 71649101052     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2009.10.010     Document Type: Article

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