Macro-borings on Late Cretaceous oysters of Egypt

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 244, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 273-286

  El Hedeny, Magdy M ^a,b   El Sabbagh, Ahmed M ^a,b  

^a Alexandria University ^*

^b Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Egypt; Ichnotaxa; Macro borings; Oysters; Palaeoecology; Palaeoenvironment; Upper cretaceous

Indexed keywords

BIOEROSION; BIVALVE; BORING ORGANISM; CRETACEOUS; PALEOENVIRONMENT; TRACE FOSSIL;

EGYPT;

BIVALVIA; CLIONAIDAE; ENTOBIA; GASTROCHAENOLITES; OSTREIDAE; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 34547961479     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7749/2007/0244-0273     Document Type: Article

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