Torridorefugium eskridgensis (new ichnogenus and ichnospecies): Amphibian aestivation burrows from the Lower Permian Speiser Shale of Kansas

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 583-593

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BURROW; FOSSIL; ICHNOFACIES; PERMIAN;

KANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA; BRACHYDECTES; BRACHYDECTES ELONGATUS; CHARALES; OSTRACODA; PARAPARCHITES; REPTILIA; SIREN INTERMEDIA; TORRIDOREFUGIUM ESKRIDGENSIS;

EID: 18644373392     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0022-3360(2005)079<0583:TENIAI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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