Oligocene trace fossils from temporary fluvial plain ponds: An example from the Freshwater Molasse of Switzerland

Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 133-148

  Uchman, Alfred ^a   Pika Biolzi, Milena ^b,c   Hochuli, Peter A ^d  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^d PALÄONTOLOGISCHES INSTITUT UND MUSEUM   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Continental environment; Fluvial plain; Freshwater Molasse; Ichnofacies; Oligocene; Plant remains; Trace fossils

Indexed keywords

INVERTEBRATE; MOLASSE; OLIGOCENE; TRACE FOSSIL; TRACKWAY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; NEMATODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3242892049     PISSN: 00129402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00015-004-1111-z     Document Type: Article

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