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The Ediacaran biota and early metazoan evolution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

S. Conway Morris
S. Conway Morris
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Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, U.K.
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Geological Magazine , Volume 122 , Issue 1 , January 1985 , pp. 77 - 81
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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