Bivalve borings in phosphatic coprolites and bone, Cretaceous-Paleogene, northeastern Mali

Palaios

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 565-573

  Tapanila, Leif ^a   Roberts, Eric M ^a   Bouaré, Mamadou L ^b   Sissoko, Famory ^c   O'Leary, Maureen A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b Ecole Nationale des Ingenieurs   (Mali)

^c Institut des Sciences Humaines   (Mali)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; BONE; BORING; COPROLITE; CRETACEOUS; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOGENE; TRACE FOSSIL;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; MALI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

BIVALVIA; GASTROCHAENOLITES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 11944258491     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1669/0883-1351(2004)019<0565:BBIPCA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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