Taphonomic observations on a camel skeleton in a desert environment in Abu Dhabi

Palaeontologia Electronica

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Andrews, Peter ^a   Whybrow, Peter ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabia; Dispersal; Scavenging; Taphonomy; Trampling; Weathering

Indexed keywords

CANIDAE;

EID: 27544470418     PISSN: 10948074     EISSN: 10948074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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