Taphonomy and paleoecology of the Middle Miocene oysters from Wadi Sudr, Gulf of Suez, Egypt

Revue de Paleobiologie

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 719-733

  El Hedeny, Magdy M ^a  

^a Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Egypt; Miocene; Oysters; Paleoecology; Sinai; Sudr; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

INVERTEBRATE; MIOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY; TAPHONOMY;

GULF OF SUEZ; INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

ENTOBIA; OSTREIDAE; RADULICHNUS;

EID: 33645307937     PISSN: 02536730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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