A Zoophycos group trace fossil from Miocene flysch in southern Turkey: Evidence for a U-shaped causative burrow

Ichnos

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 251-259

  Uchman, Alfred ^a,b   Demírcan, Huriye ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c Faculty of Science   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Echinospira; Flysch; Miocene; Turkey; Zoophycos

Indexed keywords

BURROW; FLYSCH; MIOCENE; TRACE FOSSIL;

TURKEY;

EID: 0345035308     PISSN: 10420940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10420949909386456     Document Type: Article

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