Corumbella and in situ Cloudina in association with thrombolites in the Ediacaran Itapucumi Group, Paraguay

Terra Nova

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 382-389

  Warren, Lucas V ^a   Fairchild, Thomas R ^a   Gaucher, Claudio ^b   Boggiani, Paulo C ^a   Poiré, Daniel G ^c   Anelli, Luís E ^a   Inchausti, Julio C G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Facultad de Ciencias   (Uruguay)

^c National University of La Plata Centro de Investigaciones Geologicas   (Argentina)

^d Ministerio de Obras Publicas y Comunicaciones ^*  (Paraguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARBONATE RAMP; EDIACARAN; FOSSIL RECORD; ICHNOLOGY; MOLLUSC; PALEOECOLOGY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THROMBOLITE; TRACE FOSSIL;

PARAGUAY;

ARCHAEONASSA; CLOUDINA; CORUMBELLA;

EID: 82355181098     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2011.01023.x     Document Type: Article

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