An early Ediacaran assemblage of macroscopic and morphologically differentiated eukaryotes

Nature

Volumn 470, Issue 7334, 2011, Pages 390-393

  Yuan, Xunlai ^a   Chen, Zhe ^a   Xiao, Shuhai ^b   Zhou, Chuanming ^a   Hua, Hong ^c  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK SHALE; DEEP SEA; EDIACARAN; EUKARYOTE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; GLACIATION; MACROBENTHOS; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOTA; CHINA; EDIACARAN; EUKARYOTE; FOSSIL; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOTA; BODY SIZE; CHINA; EUKARYOTA; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; UNCERTAINTY;

ANHUI; CHINA;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 79951786915     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09810     Document Type: Article

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