Thalassinoides and its producer: Populations of Mecochirus buried within their burrow systems, Boca do Chapim Formation (Lower Creataceous), Portugal

Palaios

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 104-109

  de Carvalho, Carlos Neto ^a   Viegas, Pedro Andrade ^b   Cachão, Mário ^c,d  

^a Geopark Naturtejo Meseta Meridional Europaen and Global Geopark   (Portugal)

^b Rua Olival Santo ^*  (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC STRUCTURE; BURROW; CRETACEOUS; ICHNOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PRESERVATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

THALASSINOIDES;

EID: 34548201191     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2006.p06-011r     Document Type: Article

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