Possible animal-body fossils in pre-Marinoan limestones from South Australia

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 653-659

  Maloof, Adam C ^a   Rose, Catherine V ^a   Beach, Robert ^b   Samuels, Bradley M ^b   Calmet, Claire C ^a   Erwin, Douglas H ^c   Poirier, Gerald R ^d   Yao, Nan ^d   Simons, Frederik J ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Situ Studio   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIFICATION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FOSSIL RECORD; GLACIATION; LIMESTONE; METAZOAN; PROTEROZOIC; SHALE; STROMATOLITE; TOMOGRAPHY; TROPICAL REGION;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; METAZOA;

EID: 77956292537     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo934     Document Type: Article

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