Three new ichnogenera of biting and gnawing traces on reptilian and mammalian bones: A case study from the Miocene of the Czech Republic

Ichnos:an International Journal of Plant and Animal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 113-127

  Mikuláš, Radek ^a   Kadlecová, Eva ^a   Fejfar, Oldřich ^b   Dvořák, Zdeněk ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c Severočeské Doly as ^*  (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Biting traces; Czech Republic; Gnawing traces; Mammalia; Neogene; Predation; Terrestrial; Trace fossils

Indexed keywords

AUTOCHTHON; BONE; CROCODILIAN; ICHNOLOGY; MAMMAL; MIOCENE; MORPHOTYPE; SKELETAL REMAINS; TOOTH; TRACE FOSSIL;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMALIA; CASTORIDAE; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; STENEOFIBER; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33748183326     PISSN: 10420940     EISSN: 15635236     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10420940600850729     Document Type: Conference Paper

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