New reconstruction of Kimberella, problematic Vendian Metazoan

Paleontological Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 601-611

  Ivantsov, A Yu ^a  

^a PALEONTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Kimberella; Metazoan; Problematic; Reconstruction; Vendian

Indexed keywords

METAZOA;

EID: 74549192824     PISSN: 00310301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S003103010906001X     Document Type: Article

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