NEW CHANCELLORIIDS FROM THE EARLY CAMBRIAN SEKWI FORMATION WITH A COMMENT ON CHANCELLORIID AFFINITIES

Journal of Paleontology, Sep 2005 by Randell, Robert D, Lieberman, Bruce S, Hasiotis, Stephen T, Pope, Michael C

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We thank S. Bengtson, S. Conway Morris, R. Kaesler, A. Rowell, R. Robison, and S. Xiao for comments on earlier versions of this manuscript, A. Rode, M. Murphy-Lee, and S. Gilgur for translation of key references, B. Platt and D. Perkins for assistance making figures, R. Goldstein and G. Buijs for comments on carbonate environments and thin sections, D. Fautin for discussions on cnidarians, I. Rowell and J. Mosteller for assistance with the preparation of specimens, B. Cutler for help and advice regarding SEM equipment, D. Fletcher for valuable logistical support, and the staff of the Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, for information on the Wheeler Formation. This research was supported by NSF EAR-0106885 to BSL and MCP and NASA Astrobiology NNGOYGMYlG and a Self Faculty Award to BSL.

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