Taenidium and associated ichnofossils in fluvial deposits, cretaceous tuscaloosa formation, eastern Alabama, southeastern U.S.A

Ichnos

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 227-242

  Savrda, Charles E ^a   Blanton Hooks, Allyn D ^a   Collier, Jonathan W ^a   Drake, Robert A ^a   Graves, Robert L ^a   Hall, Anthony G ^a   Nelson, Anne I ^a   Slone, James C ^a   Williams, Daphne D ^a   Wood, H Alexander ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alabama; Cretaceous; Fluvial; Taenidium; Tuscaloosa Fm.

Indexed keywords

ANNELIDA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); SCOYENIA; SCOYENIA ICHNOFACIES; TAENIDIUM; VERTEBRATA; TAENIDIUM SERPENTINUM;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CRETACEOUS; ICHNOFACIES; TRACE FOSSIL;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033784771     PISSN: 10420940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10420940009380162     Document Type: Article

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