A new assemblage of juvenile Ediacaran fronds from the Drook Formation, Newfoundland

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 169, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 395-403

  Liu, Alexander G ^a   Mcilroy, Duncan ^b   Matthews, Jack J ^c   Brasier, Martin D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDDING PLANES; EDIACARA BIOTA; EDIACARAN; GROWTH STAGES; MACROFOSSILS; MICROBIAL TAXA; MORPHOTYPES; NEWFOUNDLANDS;

STRATIGRAPHY;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BIOTA; EDIACARAN; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; GROWTH; JUVENILE; MORPHOTYPE; ONTOGENY; PALEOECOLOGY; TAPHONOMY; TAXONOMY;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR;

CHARNIODISCUS; COLUMBA;

EID: 84863934050     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492011-094     Document Type: Article

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