Confirming the metazoan character of a 565 Ma trace-fossil assemblage from mistaken point, Newfoundland

Palaios

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 420-430

  Liu, Alexander G ^a,b,c,d   Mcilroy, Duncan ^b   Matthews, Jack J ^c   Brasier, Martin D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; ICHNOLOGY; METAZOAN; MOLLUSC; MORPHOLOGY; TRACE FOSSIL; TURBIDITE;

CANADA; MISTAKEN POINT; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR;

ACTINIA; ACTINIARIA; ANNELIDA; CNIDARIA; ECHINODERMATA; HELMINTHOIDICHNITES; METAZOA; MOLLUSCA; PROTISTA;

EID: 84919489251     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: 19385323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2014.011     Document Type: Article

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