Sedimentology and vertebrate taphonomy of the Tritylodon Acme Zone: A reworked palaeosol in the Lower Jurassic Elliot formation, karoo supergroup, South Africa

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 131, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 29-50

  Smith, R ^a   Kitching, J ^b  

^a IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Karoo Supergroup; Sedimentology; Taphonomy; Tritylodon Acme Zone

Indexed keywords

VERTEBRATA;

JURASSIC; KAROO SUPERGROUP; PALAEOSOL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TAPHONOMY; TRITYLODON ACME ZONE; VERTEBRATE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0030617696     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(96)00143-5     Document Type: Article

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