Growth, decay and burial compaction of Dickinsonia, an iconic Ediacaran fossil
@article{Retallack2007GrowthDA, title={Growth, decay and burial compaction of Dickinsonia, an iconic Ediacaran fossil}, author={Gregory J. Retallack}, journal={Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology}, year={2007}, volume={31}, pages={215 - 240} }
Retallack, G.J., September, 2007. Growth, decay and burial compaction of Dickinsonia, an iconic Ediacaran fossil. Alcheringa 31, 215-240. ISSN 0311-5518. Dickinsonia is a Neoproterozoic, Ediacaran fossil, variously considered a polychaete, turbellarian or annelid worm, jellyfish, polyp, xenophyophoran protist, lichen or mushroom. Its preservation as unskeletonized impressions in quartz sandstones has been attributed to a Neoproterozoic regime of aerobic decay less effective than today…
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