First and second orders of suture complexity in ammonites: A new methodological approach using fractal analysis

Mathematical Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 323-343

  Pérez Claros, Juan A ^a,c   Palmqvist, Paul ^a   Olóriz, Federico ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ammonoids; Jurassic; Morphometry

Indexed keywords

AMMONITE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; SUTURE ZONE;

AMMONOIDEA;

EID: 18644370610     PISSN: 08828121     EISSN: 15738868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014847007351     Document Type: Article

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