Insect trace fossil associations in paleosols: The Coprinisphaera Ichnofacies

Palaios

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 49-64

  Genise, Jorge F ^a   Gabriela Mangano M ^b   Buatois, Luis A ^b   Laza, José H ^c   Verde, Mariano ^d  

^a Centro Regional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Transferencia Tecnologia   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^c MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICHNOFACIES; INSECT; PALEOSOL; TRACE FOSSIL;

APOIDEA; CELLIFORMA; COLEOPTERA; COPRINISPHAERA; FORMICIDAE; HALICTIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; ISOPTERA; MAMMALIA; ROSELLICHNUS; TEISSEIREI; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0034143539     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1669/0883-1351(2000)015<0049:ITFAIP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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