Trace fossils in the aftermath of mass extinction events

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 228, Issue , 2004, Pages 397-418

  Twitchett, Richard J ^a   Barras, Colin G ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; ICHNOLOGY; MASS EXTINCTION; ORDOVICIAN-SILURIAN BOUNDARY; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; SURVIVAL; TRACE FOSSIL;

DIPLOCRATERION;

EID: 3543095724     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2004.228.01.18     Document Type: Article

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