Ecology of the Eocene Lake Messel revealed by analysis of small fish coprolites and sediments from a drilling core

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 223, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 147-161

  Richter, Gotthard ^a   Wedmann, Sonja ^b,c  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b Abt Morphologie and Systematik   (Germany)

^c Institut fur Palaontologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crustacea; Dinoflagellata; Diptera; Eocene; Fish coprolites; Messel; Palaeoecology

Indexed keywords

COPROLITE; EOCENE; FISH; LAKE DYNAMICS; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; HESSE; MESSEL; WORLD;

CHAOBORIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; CLADOCERA; CRUSTACEA; DINOPHYCEAE; DIPTERA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 21744437275     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.04.002     Document Type: Article

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