First evidence for locomotion in the Ediacara biota from the 565 Ma Mistaken Point Formation, Newfoundland

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 123-126

  Liu, Alexander G ^a   McIlroy, Duncan ^b   Brasier, Martin D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL AFFINITY; COMPLEX TRACE; DEEPWATER; EDIACARA BIOTA; EDIACARAN; FOSSIL RECORDS; NEWFOUNDLAND , CANADA; NEWFOUNDLANDS; PRECAMBRIAN; SEA FLOOR; SHALLOW-WATER;

BIPED LOCOMOTION;

BIOTA; BURROW; EDIACARAN; FOSSIL RECORD; LOCOMOTION; TRACE FOSSIL;

CANADA; MISTAKEN POINT; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR;

METAZOA;

EID: 77950131159     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G30368.1     Document Type: Article

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