Eramosa Lagerstätte - Exceptionally preserved soft-bodied biotas with shallow-marine shelly and bioturbating organisms (Silurian, Ontario, Canada)

Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 879-882

  von Bitter, Peter H ^a   Purnell, Mark A ^b   Tetreault, Denis K ^c   Stott, Christopher A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Conodont and heterostracan vertebrates; Eramosa Lagerst tte; Middle Silurian; Ontario; Shelly marine fauna; Soft bodied preservation; Trace fossils

Indexed keywords

DIAGENETIC SULFURIZATION; TRACE FOSSIL;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; MARINE BIOLOGY;

STRATIGRAPHY;

AUTOCHTHON; BIOTA; BIOTURBATION; BURROWING ORGANISM; CONODONT; FAUNA; FOSSIL RECORD; LAGERSTATTE; SILURIAN; SOFT TISSUE PRESERVATION; TAPHONOMY; TAXONOMY; TRACE FOSSIL;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

ANNELIDA; ARTHROPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 35448957967     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G23894A.1     Document Type: Article

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