A marginal marine ichnofauna from the Blaiklock Glacier Group (?Lower Ordovician) of the Shackleton Range, Antarctica

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Earth Sciences

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-20

  Weber, B ^a   Braddy, S J ^b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Crustaceans; Gondwana; Tidal; Trace fossils

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; GONDWANA; ICHNOFACIES; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; SHACKLETON RANGE;

ARTHROPODA; CRUSTACEA; DIDYMAULICHNUS; DIPLICHNITES; MEROSTOMICHNITES;

EID: 2542472673     PISSN: 02635933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s026359330000050x     Document Type: Article

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