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

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