A modern analogue for the trace fossil Gyrolithes: Burrows of the thalassinidean shrimp Axianassa australis

Lethaia

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-52

  Dworschak, Peter C ^a,b   Rodrigues, Sérgio De A ^c  

^a NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Axianassa; Brazil; Gyrolithes; Spiral burrows; Thalassinidea; Trace fossils

Indexed keywords

AXIANASSA AUSTRALIS; BURROW; BURROWING ORGANISMS; BURROWS; FOSSIL BURROW; FOSSILS; GYROLITHES; MODERN ANALOGUE; SHRIMP; THALASSINIDEAN; TIDAL FLATS; TRACE FOSSIL;

BRAZIL, SAO PAULO STATE, ARACA BEACH;

AXIANASSA AUSTRALIS; DECAPODA; GYROLITHES;

EID: 0030733254     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.1997.tb00443.x     Document Type: Article

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