Ediacaran body and trace fossils in miette group (windermere supergroup) near Salient Mountain, British Columbia, Canada1

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1305-1325

  Hofmann, Hans J ^a   Mountjoy, Eric W ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITISH COLUMBIA; BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; EDIACARAN; ICHNOFOSSILS; MACROFOSSILS; SHALLOW-WATER; STUDY AREAS; WINDERMERE;

CARBONATE; EDIACARAN; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; SHALLOW WATER; SUPERCONTINENT; TRACE FOSSIL;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

ARCHAEONASSA; CLOUDINA; COCHLICHNUS; DIDYMAULICHNUS; GORDIA; HELMINTHOIDICHNITES; HELMINTHOPSIS (TRACE FOSSIL); NAMACALATHUS; PLANOLITES; VENDOTAENIA;

EID: 78149306084     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: 14803313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E10-070     Document Type: Article

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