Chitinozoans from the Late Precambrian Chuar Group of the Grand Canyon, Arizona
Bloeser B, Schopf JW, Horodyski RJ, Breed WJ. 1977. Chitinozoans from the Late Precambrian Chuar Group of the Grand Canyon, Arizona. Science. 195(4279):676-679
Grand Canyon fossil chitinozoans were the earliest known at the time, and the first to be reported from the Precambrian. Study of these fossils may help in understanding the origin of the Metazoa, a 'classic unsolved problem in paleobiology.'
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Bloeser, Bonnie; Schopf, J; Horodyski, Robert; Breed, William
- Units
- GRCA
- Keywords
- Chuar Group, Fossils, Geology, Late Precambrian, NPSRecord, Paleontology