A new ichnospecies of Arthrophycus from the upper Cambrian-Lower Tremadocian of northwest Argentina: Implications for the arthrophycid lineage and potential in ichnostratigraphy

Ichnos:an International Journal of Plant and Animal

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 179-190

  Mángano, M Gabriela ^a   Carmona, Noelia B ^b   Buatois, Luis A ^a   Muñiz Guinea, Fernando ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b CENTRO AUSTRAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS CADIC CONICET   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Argentina; Arthrophycus; Cambrian Ordovician; Ichnostratigraphy; Paleozoic; Shallow marine

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; FOSSIL; ICHNOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ARTHROPHYCUS; ARTHROPHYCUS ALLEGHANIENSIS; ROSITA;

EID: 27944446035     PISSN: 10420940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10420940591009132     Document Type: Article

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