New Ediacara fossils preserved in marine limestone and their ecological implications

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Chen, Zhe ^a   Zhou, Chuanming ^a   Xiao, Shuhai ^b   Wang, Wei ^a   Guan, Chengguo ^a   Hua, Hong ^c   Yuan, Xunlai ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE;

ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; CHINA; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GENETICS; MARINE BIOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHINA; FOSSILS; MARINE BIOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY;

EID: 84894788924     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep04180     Document Type: Article

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