Bivalve trace fossils in an early Miocene discontinuity surface in Patagonia, Argentina: Burrowing behavior and implications for ichnotaxonomy at the firmground-hardground divide

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 255, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 329-341

  Carmona, Noelia B ^a   Mángano, María Gabriela ^b   Buatois, Luis A ^b   Ponce, Juan José ^a  

^a CENTRO AUSTRAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS CADIC CONICET   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioturbation; Bivalves; Firmground; Glossifungites ichnofacies; Patagonia; Pholadidae

Indexed keywords

BIOTURBATION; BIVALVE; BURROWING; DISCONTINUITY LAYER; ICHNOLOGY; MIOCENE; RANGE SIZE; TAXONOMY; TRACE FOSSIL;

PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

BIVALVIA; GASTROCHAENOLITES; PHOLADIDAE;

EID: 35349012683     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.07.014     Document Type: Article

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