Revision of the ichnogenus sabellarifex richter, 1921 and its relationship to skolithos haldeman, 1840 and polykladichnus fürsich, 1981

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 115-131

  Schlirf, Michael ^a   Uchman, Alfred ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ichnotaxobases; Ichnotaxonomy; Trace fossils

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644605669     PISSN: 14772019     EISSN: 14780941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1477201905001550     Document Type: Article

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