The paleoenvironmental significance of Psilonichnus

Palaios

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 187-196

  Nesbitt, Elizabeth A ^a   Campbell, Kathleen A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICHNOFACIES; ICHNOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; TRACE FOSSIL;

CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODIDAE; PSILONICHNUS; SKOLITHOS; UPOGEBIIDAE;

EID: 33646162399     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2005.p05-69     Document Type: Article

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