First evidence for locomotion in the Ediacara biota from the 565 Ma Mistaken Point formation, Newfoundland: Reply

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  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

BASIN EVOLUTION; BIOTA; EDIACARAN; LOCOMOTION;

CANADA; MISTAKEN POINT; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR;

EID: 77958088645     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G31448Y.1     Document Type: Letter

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