Coenobichnus currani (new ichnogenus and ichnospecies): Fossil trackway of a land hermit crab, early Holocene, San Salvador, Bahamas

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 576-582

  Walker, Sally E ^a   Holland, Steven M ^a   Gardiner, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRAB; HOLOCENE; ICHNOLOGY; TRACE FOSSIL; TRACKWAY;

BAHAMAS; SAN SALVADOR;

ARTHROPODA; COENOBICHNUS CURRANI; COENOBITA; COENOBITA CLYPEATUS; COENOBITIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038209464     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022336000044255     Document Type: Article

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