Hypothesized Cambrian Medusae from Saint John, New Brunswick, reinterpreted as sedimentary structures

Atlantic Geology

Volumn 47, Issue , 2011, Pages 66-80

  Hagadorn, James W ^a   Miller, Randall F ^b  

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

^b NEW BRUNSWICK MUSEUM   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; FOSSIL; JELLYFISH; MORPHOLOGY; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHALE; STRANDING;

CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK; SAINT JOHN [NEW BRUNSWICK];

HYDROIDA; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 80053078184     PISSN: 08435561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4138/atlgeol.2011.002     Document Type: Article

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