Silurian Thalassinoides in an offshore carbonate community, Wisconsin, USA

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 129, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 109-117

  Watkins, Rodney ^a   Coorough, P J ^a  

^a MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

palaeoecology; Silurian; Thalassinoides; trilobites; Wisconsin

Indexed keywords

BURROW; CARBONATE; ICHNOLOGY; PALAEOECOLOGY; SILURIAN; THALASSINOIDES; TRILOBITE;

USA, WISCONSIA, MILWAUKEE;

EID: 0030620934     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(96)00064-8     Document Type: Article

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