A silicified bird from Quaternary hot spring deposits

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1566, 2005, Pages 905-911

  Channing, Alan ^a   Schweitzer, Mary Higby ^b,c   Horner, John R ^c   McEneaney, Terry ^d  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian fossil; Fossilization; Geomicrobiology; Hot spring deposits; Silicification

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

BIRD; FOSSILIZATION; QUATERNARY; SILICIFICATION; SPRING WATER;

BIRD; FOSSIL; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HOLOCENE; MOULD; NONHUMAN; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THERMAL SPRING; TISSUE DEGENERATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

AVES; FULICA AMERICANA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 21844470275     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2989     Document Type: Review

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