Taxonomic reassessment of the ichnogenus Beaconichnus and additional examples from the Carboniferous of Kansas, U.S.A.

Ichnos

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 287-302

  Buatois, Luis A ^a   Màngano, M Gabriela ^a   Maples, Christopher G ^a   Lanier, William P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b EMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropod Trace Fossils; Carboniferous; Ichnotaxonomy; Kansas

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; BEACONICHNUS; CARBONIFEROUS; DIPLICHNITES; DIPLICHNITES GOULDI; DIPLOPODICHNUS BIFORMIS; PALMICHNIUM ANTARCTICUM; POLARIBACTER;

CARBONIFEROUS; ICHNOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0344076159     PISSN: 10420940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10420949809386427     Document Type: Article

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