Paleoethologic interpretation of complex Thalassinoides in shallow-marine limestones, Lower Ordovician, southern Sweden

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 192, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 221-227

  Ekdale, A A ^a   Bromley, Richard G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Burrows; Complex trace fossils; Limestone; Ordovician; Sweden; Thalassinoides

Indexed keywords

BURROW; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LIMESTONE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; ORDOVICIAN; TRACE FOSSIL;

(SOUTH); SWEDEN;

ANIMALIA; THALASSINOIDES; THALASSINOIDES BACAE;

EID: 0037444084     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(02)00686-7     Document Type: Article

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