Late Carboniferous scavenging ostracods: Feeding strategies and taphonomy

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Earth Sciences

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 309-316

  Wilby, Philip R ^a   Wilkinson, Ian P ^a   Riley, Nicholas J ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bowland Shale Formation; Chemosensors; Necrobenthic island; Necrophagous myodocopids; Orodus

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOSSIL RECORD; OSTRACOD; SCAVENGING (FEEDING); TAPHONOMY;

DERBYSHIRE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CHONDRICHTHYES; CYPRIDINIDAE; MYODOCOPIDA; ORODUS; OSTRACODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33751186073     PISSN: 02635933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263593305000118     Document Type: Article

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