Early Triassic trace fossils of the western United States and their implications for prolonged environmental stress from the end-permian mass extinction

Palaios

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 551-564

  Pruss, Sara B ^a,b   Bottjer, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MASS EXTINCTION; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; TRACE FOSSIL;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

METAZOA;

EID: 11944259178     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1669/0883-1351(2004)019<0551:ETTFOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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