The neoichnology of terrestrial arthropods

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 255, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 284-307

  Davis, Robert B ^a,b   Minter, Nicholas J ^a   Braddy, Simon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ichnology; Ichnotaxonomy; Lebensspuren; Substrate; Trace fossils

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; ICHNOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; RANGE SIZE; SURVIVORSHIP; TAXONOMY; TRACE FOSSIL;

ARCHISPIROSTREPTUS GIGAS; ARTHROPODA; BLABERUS DISCOIDALIS; BLATTARIA; DISCOIDAE; GRAMMOSTOLA; ONISCIDEA; ONISCUS ASELLUS; PANDINUS IMPERATOR; SCORPIONES; THERAPHOSIDAE;

EID: 35348980747     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.07.013     Document Type: Article

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