Complex ichnofossils of solitary and social soil organisms: Understanding their evolution and roles in terrestrial paleoecosystems

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 192, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 259-320

  Hasiotis, Stephen T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental; Hymenoptera; Insects; Isoptera; Nests; Polychresichnia; Social behavior; Trace fossils

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; ICHNOLOGY; INSECT; NEST; PALEOECOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRACE FOSSIL;

APOIDEA; COLEOPTERA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; ISOPTERA; VERTEBRATA; VESPIDAE; VESPOIDEA;

EID: 0037443993     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(02)00689-2     Document Type: Article

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