Fossils of putative marine algae from the Cryogenian glacial interlude of Mongolia

Palaios

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 238-247

  Cohen, Phoebe A ^a   Macdonald, Francis A ^b   Pruss, Sara ^c   Matys, Emily ^d   Bosak, Tanja ^d  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; EUKARYOTE; FOSSIL RECORD; LIMESTONE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; PROTEROZOIC; RED ALGA; TAPHONOMY; TAXONOMY;

MONGOLIA;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PROTISTA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 84983627466     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2014.069     Document Type: Article

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