Possible evolution of mobile animals in association with microbial mats

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 372-375

  Gingras, Murray ^a   Hagadorn, James W ^b   Seilacher, Adolf ^c   Lalonde, Stefan V ^d   Pecoits, Ernesto ^a   Petrash, Daniel ^a   Konhauser, Kurt O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURROWING ORGANISM; CRAB; CYANOBACTERIUM; EDIACARAN; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; LAGOON; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL MAT; MICROFOSSIL; ORIGIN OF LIFE; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; TRACE FOSSIL; WATER COLUMN;

VENEZUELA;

ANIMALIA; CYANOBACTERIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA);

EID: 79957827113     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1142     Document Type: Article

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