Brachyuran taphonomy in a modern tidal-flat environment: Preservation potential and anatomical bias

Palaios

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 400-410

  Stempien, Jennifer A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CRAB; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; TAPHONOMY;

BIVALVIA; BRACHYURAN; GASTROPODA; HEMIGRAPSUS OREGONENSIS; MOLLUSCA; THORACICA;

EID: 23244446010     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2004.p04-40     Document Type: Article

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