Hillichnus lobosensis igen. et isp. nov., a complex trace fossil produced by tellinacean bivalves, Paleocene, Monterey, California, USA

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 192, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 157-186

  Bromley, Richard G ^a   Uchman, Alfred ^b   Gregory, Murray R ^c   Martin, Anthony J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bivalves; California; Deep sea; Feeding behavior; Hillichnus lobosensis; New ichnotaxon; Paleocene; Trace fossils

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; ICHNOLOGY; MOLLUSC; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOCENE; TRACE FOSSIL;

CALIFORNIA; MONTEREY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; HILLICHNUS LOBOSENSIS; TELLINOIDEA;

EID: 0037444077     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(02)00684-3     Document Type: Article

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