Reconstructing rangea: New discoveries from the ediacaran of southern Namibia

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-15

  Vickers Rich, Patricia ^a   Ivantsov, Andrey Yu ^b   Trusler, Peter W ^a   Narbonne, Guy M ^c   Hall, Mike ^a   Wilson, Sasha ^a   Greentree, Carolyn ^a   Fedonkin, Mikhail A ^b   Elliott, David A ^a   Hoffmann, Karl H ^d   Schneider, Gabi I C ^d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b PALEONTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; LIFESTYLE; MASS EXTINCTION; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; RECONSTRUCTION; SEAFLOOR; SPECIMEN BANK;

NAMIBIA;

EID: 84872713876     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/12-074R.1     Document Type: Article

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