New trace fossils from the La Meseta Formation (Eocene) of Seymour Island, Antarctica

Polish Polar Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 153-170

  Uchman, Alfred ^a   Gaździcki, Andrzej ^b  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Eocene; Trace fossils

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; ICHNOFACIES; SALINITY; TRACE FOSSIL;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; SEYMOUR ISLAND; WEST ANTARCTICA;

CRUZIANA; LOCKEIA; OPHIOMORPHA NODOSA; RHIZOCORALLIUM; SILIQUARIA; SKOLITHOS;

EID: 33745728757     PISSN: 01380338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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