Evidence for Cnidaria-like behavior in ca. 560 Ma Ediacaran Aspidella

Geology

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 895-898

  Menon, Latha R ^a   McIlroy, Duncan ^b   Brasier, Martin D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY;

ANIMAL ACTIVITIES; CAMBRIANS; CNIDARIA; EDIACARAN; MARINE ANIMALS; METAZOA; MOLECULAR CLOCK; NEWFOUNDLANDS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; VERTICAL MOVEMENT;

ANIMALS;

BIOTA; CAMBRIAN; EDIACARAN; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; METAZOAN; PALEONTOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

ACTINIARIA; ANIMALIA; ASPIDELLA (METAZOAN); ASPIDELLA TERRANOVICA; CNIDARIA; METAZOA;

EID: 84888814509     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G34424.1     Document Type: Article

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