Early sponges and toxic protists: possible sources of cryostane, an age diagnostic biomarker antedating Sturtian Snowball Earth

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• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  Geobiology

• Publication date

  2016-03-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Geology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/gbi.12165PMID 26507690
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