Environmental tolerance and range offset of Treptichnus pedum: Implications for the recognition of the Ediacaran-Cambrian boundary

Geology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 519-522

  Buatois, Luis A ^a   Almond, John ^b   Germs, Gerard J B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b not available   (South Africa)

^c not available   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION;

COARSE-GRAINED DEPOSITS; EDIACARAN CAMBRIANS; EVOLUTIONARY INNOVATION; GLOBAL STANDARDS; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; SHALLOWER WATER; STRATIGRAPHIC COLUMNS; TRANSGRESSIVE SYSTEMS TRACTS;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CAMBRIAN; EDIACARAN; ICHNOLOGY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; STRATOTYPE; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; SYSTEMS TRACT; TIDAL FLAT; TRACE FOSSIL;

SOUTH AFRICA;

TREPTICHNUS PEDUM;

EID: 84875533720     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G33938.1     Document Type: Article

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