The ediacaran period

The Geologic Time Scale 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 413-435

  Narbonne, Guy M ^a   Xiao, Shuhai ^b   Shields, Graham A ^c   Gehling, James G ^d  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

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