Organic-walled microfossils from the late Mesoproterozoic to early Neoproterozoic lower Shaler Supergroup (Arctic Canada): Diversity and biostratigraphic significance
Loron, Corentin ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de géologie > Early Life Traces & Evolution-Astrobiology
Rainbird, Robert
Turner, Elizabeth
Greenman, J. Wilder
Javaux, Emmanuelle ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de géologie > Early Life Traces & Evolution-Astrobiology
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English
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Organic-walled microfossils from the late Mesoproterozoic to early Neoproterozoic lower Shaler Supergroup (Arctic Canada): Diversity and biostratigraphic significance
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