Trace fossils and pseudofossils from the Wealden strata (non-marine Lower Cretaceous) of southern England

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 665-685

  Goldring, Ronald ^a   Pollard, John E ^b   Radley, Jonathan D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Warwickshire Museum   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Ichnology; Southern England; Wealden

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; TRACE FOSSIL;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WEALD; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

CHONDRICHTHYES; COCHLICHNUS ANGUINEUS; DINOSAURIA; DIPLICHNITES; DIPLOCRATERION; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; MONOCRATERION; ORNITHOPODA; PALAEOPHYCUS; PALAEOPHYCUS TUBULARIS; PLANOLITES MONTANUS; REPTILIA; RHIZOCORALLIUM; SAUROPODA; SCOYENIA; SCOYENIA ICHNOFACIES; SILIQUARIA; TETRAPODA; THEROPODA;

EID: 27144526435     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2005.03.001     Document Type: Article

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