Decay and disarticulation of the cockroach: Implications for preservation of the blattoids of writhlington (Upper Carboniferous), UK

Palaios

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 256-265

  Duncan, Ian J ^a   Titchener, Fred ^b   Briggs, Derek E G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; COCKROACH; DECOMPOSITION; MORPHOLOGY; PRESERVATION; WING MORPHOLOGY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ARACHNIDA; BLABERUS; BLATTARIA; BLATTOIDEA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; PERIPLANETA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0041346095     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1669/0883-1351(2003)018<0256:DADOTC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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