Ichnological evidence on the behaviour of mitrates: Two trails associated with the Devonian mitrate Rhenocystis

Lethaia

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-12

  Sutcliffe, Owen E ^a   Südkamp, Wouter H ^b   Jefferies, Richard P S ^c  

^a LASMO   (United Kingdom)

^b Natural History Museum ^*  (Germany)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chordates; Echinoderms; Hunsruck Slate; Locomotion trails; Mitrates

Indexed keywords

DEVONIAN; ICHNOLOGY;

GERMANY;

CHORDATA; RHENOCYSTIS;

EID: 0034159773     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00241160050150267     Document Type: Article

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