Crayfish burrows from Late Jurassic-Late Cretaceous continental deposits of Patagonia: Argentina. Their palaeoecological, palaeoclimatic and palaeobiogeographical significance

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 257, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 169-184

  Bedatou, Emilio ^a   Melchor, Ricardo N ^a   Bellosi, Eduardo ^b   Genise, Jorge F ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PAMPA   (Argentina)

^b MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

^c MUSEO PALEONTOLÓGICO EGIDIO FERUGLIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Crayfish burrows; Late Jurassic Late Cretaceous; Palaeobiogeography; Palaeoclimatology; Palaeoecology; Patagonia

Indexed keywords

BURROW; CRETACEOUS; CRUSTACEAN; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; ICHNOLOGY; JURASSIC; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; TRACE FOSSIL; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

ARGENTINA; DESEADO MASSIF; PATAGONIA; SAN JORGE BASIN; SANTA CRUZ [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

ASTACIDEA; ASTACOIDEA; PARASTACIDAE;

EID: 36849013592     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.09.020     Document Type: Article

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