A foraminiferal parasite on the sea urchin echinocorys: Ichnological evidence from the late cretaceous (Lower Maastrichtian, northern Germany)

Ichnos:an International Journal of Plant and Animal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 185-190

  Neumann, Christian ^a   Wisshak, Max ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chalk; Echinocorys; Echinoids; Foraminifera; Maastrichtian; Parasites; Trace fossils

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; ECHINODERM; INVERTEBRATE; MORPHOLOGY; SKELETAL REMAINS; TRACE FOSSIL;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDA; ECHINOIDEA; FORAMINIFERA; HOLASTEROIDA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33748155807     PISSN: 10420940     EISSN: 15635236     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10420940600853954     Document Type: Conference Paper

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