Open AccessFirst evidence for locomotion in the Ediacara biota from the 565 Ma Mistaken Point Formation, Newfoundland: COMMENT
Author(s) -
Gregory J. Retallack
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
geology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.609
H-Index - 215
eISSN - 1943-2682
pISSN - 0091-7613
DOI - 10.1130/g31137c.1
Subject(s) - biota , geology , point (geometry) , paleontology , geometry , ecology , biology , mathematics
[Liu et al. (2010)][1] claim to have found the first evidence for locomotion in the form of putative locomotion traces from the Ediacaran (565 Ma) Mistaken Point Formation of Newfoundland. If by first, they mean the geologically most ancient evidence of animal locomotion, they should have discussed
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