The Proterozoic and Earliest Cambrian Trace Fossil Record; Patterns, Problems and Perspectives
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The proterozoic and earliest cambrian trace fossil record; patterns, problems and perspectives.
The increase in trace fossil diversity across the Neoproterozoic-Cambrian boundary often is presented in terms of tabulations of ichnogenera. However, a clearer picture of the increase in diversity and complexity can be reached by combining trace fossils into broad groups defined both on morphology and interpretation. This also focuses attention on looking for similarites between Neoproterozoic...
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عنوان ژورنال: Integrative and Comparative Biology
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1540-7063,1557-7023
DOI: 10.1093/icb/43.1.219