New perspectives on the globally important Ediacaran fossil discoveries in Charnwood Forest, UK: Harley's 1848 prequel to Ford (1958)

Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 137-144

  Howe, Mike P A ^a   Evans, Mark ^b,c   Carney, John N ^a   Wilby, Philip R ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b New Walk Museum and Art Gallery   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTA; CAMBRIAN; EDIACARAN; FOSSIL; PALEONTOLOGY;

CHARNWOOD FOREST; ENGLAND; LEICESTERSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84877605253     PISSN: 00440604     EISSN: 20414811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/pygs2012-321     Document Type: Article

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