An experimental investigation of post-depositional taphonomic bias in conodonts

Special Papers in Palaeontology

Volumn , Issue 73, 2005, Pages 39-56

  Von Bitter, Peter H ^a   Purnell, Mark A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bias; Breakage; Conodont; Diagenesis; Elements; Fossil record; Post mortem

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249912745     PISSN: 00386804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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