Rangeomorphs, Thectardis (Porifera?) and dissolved organic carbon in the Ediacaran oceans

Geobiology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 24-33

  Sperling, E A ^a,b   Peterson, K J ^c   Laflamme, M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

BIOMARKER; CLADISTICS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DOMINANCE; EDIACARAN; FOSSIL RECORD; HYDRODYNAMICS; INVERTEBRATE; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOBIOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; PHOTIC ZONE; RECONSTRUCTION; SEAFLOOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEA; SPONGE (PORIFERA);

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; FOSSILS; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHYLOGENY; PORIFERA;

CANADA; MISTAKEN POINT; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR;

METAZOA; PORIFERA; THECTARDIS AVALONENSIS;

EID: 78650110510     PISSN: 14724677     EISSN: 14724669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4669.2010.00259.x     Document Type: Article

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