Fossilized nuclei and germination structures identify ediacaran "animal embryos" as encysting protists

Science

Volumn 334, Issue 6063, 2011, Pages 1696-1699

  Huldtgren, Therese ^a,b   Cunningham, John A ^c   Yin, Chongyu ^d   Stampanoni, Marco ^e,f   Marone, Federica ^e   Donoghue, Philip C J ^c   Bengtson, Stefan ^a  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^e PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^f ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; CLADISTICS; DISPERSION; EDIACARAN; EMBRYO; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; FOSSILIZATION; JUVENILE; METAZOAN; PROPAGULE; PROTIST; TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CHOANOFLAGELLATE; EDIACARAN; EMBRYO GROWTH; FOSSIL; GERMINATION; ICHTHYOSPOREA; METAZOON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCHROTRON; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; X RAY;

CHINA; DOUSHANTUO BASIN; GUIZHOU;

EID: 84455174734     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1209537     Document Type: Article

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