Pattern versus process or informative versus ininformative ichnotaxonomy: Comments on Nielsen and Nielsen, 2001

Ichnos

Volumn 9, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 81-82

  Todd, Jonathan A ^a   Palmer, Timothy J ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioclaustrations; Borings; Ichnotaxa; Oichnus; Tremichnus

Indexed keywords

BORING; ICHNOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

TREMICHNUS;

EID: 0036984283     PISSN: 10420940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10420940216412     Document Type: Article

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