High resolution palaeoecological and taphonomic analysis of Early Cretaceous lake biota, western Liaoning (NE-China)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 253, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 434-457

  Fürsich, Franz Theodor ^a,b   Sha, Jingeng ^b   Jiang, Baoyu ^c   Pan, Yanhong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Ecosystem; Lake; Liaoning; Lower Cretaceous; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BEDDING PLANE; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CRETACEOUS; FACIES; FOSSIL RECORD; HISTOGRAM; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MASS MORTALITY; MUDSTONE; PALEOECOLOGY; SANDSTONE; SKELETAL REMAINS; TAPHONOMY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LIAONING;

AVES; CRUSTACEA; DINOSAURIA; EPHEMERIDA;

EID: 34548538280     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.06.012     Document Type: Article

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