Pleistocene Walrus herds in the Olympic Peninsula area: Trace-fossil evidence of predation by hydraulic jetting

Palaios

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 539-545

  Gingras, Murray K ^a   Armitage, Ian A ^a   Pemberton, S George ^a   Clifton, H Edward ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURROW; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOSSIL RECORD; LIMB; MARINE MAMMAL; PLEISTOCENE; PREDATION; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; TRACE FOSSIL;

ARCTIC OCEAN; CHUKCHI SEA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; WILLAPA BAY;

ANIMALIA; ASTEROIDEA; BIVALVIA; CARNIVORA; CETACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ENHYDRA; ODOBENIDAE; ODOBENUS ROSMARUS; ODOBENUS ROSMARUS DIVERGENS; PISCES;

EID: 35148870043     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2005.p05-120r     Document Type: Article

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