Taphonomic and sedimentologic implications of crinoid intraskeletal porosity

Lethaia

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 141-156

  Savarese, Michael ^a   Dodd, J Robert ^a   Lane, N Gary ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crinoid columnals; Hydrodynamic behavior; Palaeoecology; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; CRINOIDEA; PELMATOZOA;

COLUMNAL; CRINOID; TAPHONOMY;

EID: 0030422609     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.1996.tb01870.x     Document Type: Article

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