Trace fossil evidence for Ediacaran bilaterian animals with complex behaviors

Precambrian Research

Volumn 224, Issue , 2013, Pages 690-701

  Chen, Zhe ^a   Zhou, Chuanming ^a   Meyer, Mike ^b   Xiang, Ke ^c   Schiffbauer, James D ^d   Yuan, Xunlai ^a   Xiao, Shuhai ^b  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Hunan Institute of Geological Survey   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilaterian animal; Dengying Formation, South China; Ediacaran Period; Trace fossil

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; EDIACARAN; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MICROBIAL MAT; MORPHOLOGY; OXYGEN; TRACE FOSSIL;

CHINA;

ANIMALIA; BILATERIA;

EID: 84870938927     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2012.11.004     Document Type: Article

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