Putative Cryogenian ciliates from Mongolia

Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1123-1126

  Bosak, T ^a   Macdonald, F ^b   Lahr, D ^c   Matys, E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALVEOLAR STRUCTURE; ATMOSPHERIC OXYGEN; FLEXIBLE WALL; MICROFOSSILS; MONGOLIA; NEOPROTEROZOIC;

ORGANIC CARBON; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

TESTING;

CILIATE; EUKARYOTE; LIMESTONE; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; METAZOAN; MICROFOSSIL; MORPHOLOGY; PLANKTON; PROTEROZOIC; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

MONGOLIA;

CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; METAZOA; TINTINNIDA;

EID: 80955139363     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G32384.1     Document Type: Article

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