Amphibian burrows and ephemeral ponds of the Lower Permian Speiser Shale, Kansas: Evidence for seasonality in the midcontinent

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 203, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 127-152

  Hembree, Daniel I ^a   Martin, Larry D ^a   Hasiotis, Stephen T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Continental; Estivation; Lysorophids; Paleosols; Permian; Trace fossils

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BURROW; PERMIAN; TRACE FOSSIL;

KANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA; BRACHYDECTES ELONGATUS; CHARACEAE; CHARALES; OSTRACODA; REPTILIA; SIREN; SIREN INTERMEDIA;

EID: 1642441528     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(03)00664-3     Document Type: Article

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