Artifacts resembling Ediacaran or Cambrian fossils:  how to identify them and avoid their generation

Toniolo, Thiago F.; Leme, Juliana M.; Carmo, Dermeval A.; Fairchild, Thomas R.; Morais, Luana; Trindade, Ricardo I. F.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/jm-42-83-2023

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18 Aug 2023

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Artifacts resembling Ediacaran or Cambrian fossils: how to identify them and avoid their generation

Thiago F. Toniolo, Juliana M. Leme, Dermeval A. Carmo, Thomas R. Fairchild, Luana Morais, and Ricardo I. F. Trindade

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