Three-dimensional preservation of a non-biomineralized arthropod in concretions in Silurian volcaniclastic rocks from Herefordshire, England

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 173-186

  Orr, Patrick J ^a,d   Briggs, Derek E G ^b   Siveter, David J ^c   Siveter, Derek J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Concretions; England; Preservation; Silurian

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; CALCITE; CONCRETION; SILURIAN; TAPHONOMY; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT; WENLOCKIAN;

ENGLAND(HEREFORD AND WORCESTER); UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0008653446     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jgs.157.1.173     Document Type: Article

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