Fungi in dinosaurian (Isisaurus) coprolites from the Lameta Formation (Maastrichtian) and its reflection on food habit and environment

Micropaleontology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 73-82

  Sharma, Neeta ^a   Kar, R K ^b   Agarwal, A ^b   Kar, Ratan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

^b BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPROLITE; FUNGUS; MAASTRICHTIAN; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

CAMELIDAE; COLLETOTRICHUM; DINOSAURIA; ERYSIPHALES; ERYSIPHE; FUNGI; GIRAFFIDAE; GLOMUS; SAUROPODA; UNCINULA;

EID: 20444504258     PISSN: 00262803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/51.1.73     Document Type: Article

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