The end of the Ediacara biota: Extinction, biotic replacement, or Cheshire Cat?

Gondwana Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 558-573

  Laflamme, Marc ^a   Darroch, Simon A F ^b   Tweedt, Sarah M ^a,c   Peterson, Kevin J ^d   Erwin, Douglas H ^a,e  

^a Smithson ian Institution   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d Dartmouth College ^*  (United States)

^e SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Biostratigraphy; Cambrian explosion; Ecospace occupation; Ecosystem engineering; Mass extinction; Osmotrophy; Predation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOTA; EDIACARAN; FELID; FOSSIL RECORD; MASS EXTINCTION; METAZOAN; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84871938789     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2012.11.004     Document Type: Review

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