Small carbonaceous fossils (SCFs): A new measure of early paleozoic paleobiology

Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 71-74

  Butterfield, N J ^a   Harvey, T H P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIANS; CARBONACEOUS COMPONENTS; DIVERSE RANGE; EARLY PALEOZOIC; ECOLOGICAL AND EVOLUTIONARY DYNAMICS; MACROFOSSILS;

HYDROFLUORIC ACID; STRATIGRAPHY;

ANIMALS;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CAMBRIAN; CUTICLE; FOSSIL RECORD; METAZOAN; MUDSTONE; PALEOBIOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PALEOZOIC; SCLERITE;

ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; METAZOA; PRIAPULIDA;

EID: 84855453216     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G32580.1     Document Type: Article

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