Ediacaran metazoan fossil record from South America and its implications in the studies about origin and complexification of animal life
The Ediacaran Period marks the first appearance of complex macroscopic organisms in the fossil record. Current evidence indicates that Ediacara biota is composed of animals, groups of extinct giant protists, algae and other organisms without proven affinities with modern groups. Fossils of this bi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo
2013-09-01
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| Series: | Geologia USP. Série Científica |
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| Online Access: | http://ppegeo.igc.usp.br/pdf/guspsc/v13n3/a05v13n3.pdf |