Between a rock and a hard place: Arthropod trackways and ichnotaxonomy

Lethaia

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 365-375

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Ichnology; Ichnotaxobases; Neoichnology; Nomenclature; Trace fossils

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; ICHNOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; PRESERVATION; SIMULATION; TAXONOMY; TRACE FOSSIL; TRACKWAY;

ARTHROPODA; CRUZIANA; INVERTEBRATA; RUSOPHYCUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 35948991855     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: 15023931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.2007.00035.x     Document Type: Article

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