Crinoid stalk flexibility: Theoretical predictions and fossil stalk postures

Lethaia

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-59

  Baumiller, Tomasz K ^a   Ausich, William I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Connective tissues; Constructional morphology; Crinoidea; Lower Carboniferous; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

CAMPTOCRINUS; CARBONIFEROUS; CRINOIDEA; PELMATOZOA;

CARBONIFEROUS; CRINOID; FLEXIBILITY; MORPHOLOGY; STALK; TAPHONOMY;

EID: 0030471739     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.1996.tb01836.x     Document Type: Article

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