Shell beds as paleoecological puzzles:a case study from the upper permian of the parana basin, Brazil

Facies

Volumn , Issue 38, 1998, Pages 175-196

  Simöes, Marcello Guimaräes ^a,b   Kowalewski, Michal ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTE OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bivalvia (Mollusca); Marinebenthicpaleoecology Time Averaging Taphonomy; Parana basin (Brazil); Permian; Shellbeds

Indexed keywords

PALAEOECOLOGY; PERMIAN; SHELL BED; TAPHONOMY;

BRAZIL, PARANA BASIN;

BIVALVIA; PINZONELLA ILLUSA; TERRAIA AEQUILATERALIS;

EID: 0345726029     PISSN: 01729179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02537364     Document Type: Article

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