Sublethal injuries in Early Devonian cephalopod shells from Morocco

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 749-759

  Klug, Christian ^a  

^a PALÄONTOLOGISCHES INSTITUT UND MUSEUM   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ammonoidea; Bactritoidea; Devonian; Gnathostomata; Injury; Mode of life; Morocco; Predation

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOPOD; DEVONIAN; PREDATION; SHELL; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; VERTEBRATE;

AFRICA; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA;

AMMONOIDEA; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BACTRITOIDEA; CEPHALOPODA; GNATHOSTOMATA (VERTEBRATE); VERTEBRATA;

EID: 37249028691     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: 17322421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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