When life got smart: The evolution of behavioral complexity through the ediacaran and early cambrian of NW Canada

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 309-330

  Carbone, Calla ^a   Narbonne, Guy M ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BEDDING PLANE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BURROW; BURROWING ORGANISM; CAMBRIAN; COMPLEXITY; DEPOSIT FEEDING; EDIACARAN; FILTER FEEDING; FOSSIL RECORD; GRAZING; MICROBIAL MAT; SUBSTRATE; TRACE FOSSIL; TRACKWAY;

CANADA;

EID: 84897997171     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/13-066     Document Type: Article

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