Reply to Retallack (2013): Ediacaran characters

Evolution and Development

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 389-392

  Antcliffe, Jonathan B ^a   Hancy, Anthony D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTA; CLADISTICS; EDIACARAN; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; SESSILE SPECIES;

EID: 84888017904     PISSN: 1520541X     EISSN: 1525142X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ede.12048     Document Type: Article

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