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A biomechanical approach to Ediacaran hypotheses: how to weed the Garden of Ediacara
dc.contributor.authorSchopf, Kenneth M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBaumiller, Tomasz K.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-06-01T20:48:41Z
dc.date.available2010-06-01T20:48:41Z
dc.date.issued1998-06en_US
dc.identifier.citationSCHOPF, KENNETH M.; BAUMILLER, TOMASZ K. (1998). "A biomechanical approach to Ediacaran hypotheses: how to weed the Garden of Ediacara." Lethaia 31(2): 89-97. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/73910>en_US
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dc.identifier.issn1502-3931en_US
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dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltden_US
dc.rights1998 The Lethaia Foundationen_US
dc.subject.otherPrecambrianen_US
dc.subject.otherEdiacaraen_US
dc.subject.otherDickinsoniaen_US
dc.subject.otherBiomechanicsen_US
dc.subject.otherModelsen_US
dc.titleA biomechanical approach to Ediacaran hypotheses: how to weed the Garden of Ediacaraen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelGeology and Earth Sciencesen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelScienceen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumTomasz K. Baumiller [ Tomaszb@umich.edu ], Museum of Paleontology, Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Michigan. 1109 Geddes Road Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USAen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherKenneth M. Schopf [ Schopf@fas.harvard.edu ], Museum of Comparative Zoology, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USAen_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1502-3931.1998.tb00494.xen_US
dc.identifier.sourceLethaiaen_US
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