Roller coaster behavior in the Cruziana rugosa group from Penha Garcia (Portugal): Implications for the feeding program of trilobites

Ichnos:an International Journal of Plant and Animal

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 255-265

  de Carvalho, C Neto ^a  

^a Centro Cultural Raiano   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biotic interactions; Cruziana; Ethotype diversity; Feeding management; Lower to Middle Ordovician; Portugal

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; BURROW; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GRAZING; MORPHOLOGY; ORDOVICIAN; TRILOBITE;

CASTELO BRANCO [PORTUGAL]; EURASIA; EUROPE; PENHA GARCIA; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CRUZIANA; TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 33749251785     PISSN: 10420940     EISSN: 15635236     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10420940600843740     Document Type: Conference Paper

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