Advanced Early Jurassic termite (insecta: Isoptera) nests: Evidence from the Clarens Formation in the Tuli Basin, Southern Africa

Palaios

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 68-78

  Bordy, Emese M ^a   Bumby, Adam J ^b   Catuneanu, Octavian ^c   Eriksson, Patrick G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTURBATION; JURASSIC; NEST; PALEONTOLOGY; PILLAR; TERMITE;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TULI BASIN;

COLEOPTERA; FORMICIDAE; INSECTA; ISOPTERA;

EID: 1642465002     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1669/0883-1351(2004)019<0068:AEJTII>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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