Quantitative ichnology of Triassic crayfish burrows (Camborygma Eumekenomos): Ichnofossils as linkages to population paleoecology

Ichnos

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 5-20

  Kowalewski, Michal ^a   Demko, Timothy M ^b   Hasiotis, Stephen T ^c   Newell, Dennis ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Camborygma eumekenomos; Chinle Formation; Crayfish; Population paleoecology; Quantitative ichnology; Triassic; Utah

Indexed keywords

ASTACOIDEA; CAMBORYGMA EUMEKENOMOS;

BURROW; CRUSTACEAN; ICHNOLOGY; TRACE FOSSIL; TRIASSIC;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032323989     PISSN: 10420940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10420949809386436     Document Type: Article

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