Aspidella: the Ediacaran body fossil from the Jodhpur Sandstone of the Marwar Supergroup, Sursagar area, Jodhpur, western Rajasthan, India
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Aspidella, Jodhpur Sandstone, Ediacaran, Rajasthan, IndiaAbstract
This paper describes well-preserved Aspidella remains, the Ediacaran body fossils from the Jodhpur Sandstone of the Marwar Supergroup in Sursagar area, Jodhpur, western Rajasthan, India. They show distinct morphological features previously described in other famous Ediacaran fossil sites, such as the Fermuse Formation of Newfoundland, South Australia and White Sea of Russia
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