A new trace fossil from the Middle Cambrian of the Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

Palaeontology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 987-997

  Lane, A A ^a   Braddy, S J ^a   Briggs, D E G ^a   Elliott, D K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; Burrow; Cambrian; Lobopod; Trace fossil; Trackway

Indexed keywords

BURROW; CAMBRIAN; ICHNOLOGY; TRACE FOSSIL; TRACKWAY;

ARIZONA; GRAND CANYON; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BICAVICHNITES MARTINI; ONYCHOPHORA;

EID: 0141726734     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-4983.00329     Document Type: Article

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