Serpulid opercula (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the Upper Eocene of Possagno, NE Italy: Taxonomy, taphonomy and palaeobiological significance

Acta Geologica Polonica

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 343-354

  Gatto, Roberto ^a   Radwańska, Urszula ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Eocene; Italy; Opercula; Palaeobiology; Polychaeta; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOBIOLOGY; TAPHONOMY; TAXONOMY;

ITALY;

ANNELIDA; POLYCHAETA; PYRGOPOLON; PYRGOPOLON CUNIALENSE; PYRGOPOLON TROCHOIDES; PYRGOPOLON TUBULA;

EID: 0141751937     PISSN: 00015709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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