Paleoenvironment and taphonomy of the Chañares formation tetrapod assemblage (Middle Triassic), Northwestern Argentina: Spectacular preservation in volcanogenic concretions

Palaios

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 461-481

  Rogers, R R ^a   Arcucci, A B ^a   Abdala, F ^a   Sereno, P C ^a   Forster, C A ^a   May, C L ^a  

^a MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PALEOENVIRONMENT; PRESERVATION; TAPHONOMY; TETRAPOD; TRIASSIC; VOLCANOGENIC DEPOSIT;

ARGENTINA;

TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034768095     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1669/0883-1351(2001)016<0461:PATOTC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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