Faunal aggregation in the Early Triassic Karoo Basin: Earliest evidence of shelter-sharing behavior among tetrapods?

Palaios

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 507-512

  Abdala, Fernando ^a   Cisneros, Juan Carlos ^a   Smith, Roger M H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BONE; SKELETAL REMAINS; TETRAPOD; TRIASSIC;

AFRICA; KAROO; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; DIPLOPODA; GEKKO; LYSTROSAURUS; PROCOLOPHONOIDEA; SURICATA SURICATTA; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33750216978     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2005.P06-001R     Document Type: Article

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