New termite trace fossils: Galleries, nests and fungus combs from the Chad basin of Africa (Upper Miocene-Lower Pliocene)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 251, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 323-353

  Duringer, Philippe ^a   Schuster, Mathieu ^b   Genise, Jorge F ^c   Mackaye, Hassan T ^d   Vignaud, Patrick ^b   Brunet, Michel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^c MUSEO PALEONTOLÓGICO EGIDIO FERUGLIO   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE N'DJAMENA   (Chad)

Author keywords

Chad basin; Ichnofossils; Ichnotaxonomy; Insect nests; Miocene; Termites

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS; ICHNOLOGY; MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; TERMITE; TRACE FOSSIL;

AFRICA; CHAD BASIN; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

FUNGI; HEXAPODA; HODOTERMES; HODOTERMES MOSSAMBICUS; HODOTERMITIDAE; ISOPTERA; MACROTERMITINAE; TERMITIDAE; ZANCLEA;

EID: 34447253314     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.03.029     Document Type: Article

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