Taphonomy and paleoecology of the Lower Badenian (Middle Miocene) molluscan assemblages at Grund (Lower Austria)

Geologica Carpathica

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 117-128

  Zuschin, Martin ^a   Harzhauser, Mathias ^b   Mandic, Oleg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chemosymbiosis; Diversity; Miocene; Mollusca; Paleoecology; Shell beds; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

BADENIAN; PALEOECOLOGY; STORM DEPOSIT; TAPHONOMY; TEMPESTITE;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 3042701189     PISSN: 13350552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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