Taphonomy and preservation of burrowing thalassinidean shrimps

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 218-236

  Bishop, Gale A ^a,b   Williams, Austin B ^c  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURROWING ORGANISM; CRUSTACEAN; TAPHONOMY;

ANIMALIA; AXIOPSIS; CALLIANASSA; CALLIANASSIDAE; CALLICHIRUS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); THALASSINIDAE; THALASSINIDEA;

EID: 18844456033     PISSN: 0006324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2988/0006-324X(2005)118[218:TAPOBT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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