Durophagous predation on Middle Jurassic molluscs, as evidenced from shell fragmentation

Palaeontology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-70

  Zatoń, Michał ^a   Salamon, Mariusz A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Durophagy; Jurassic; Mesozoic marine revoution; Predation; Shell fragmentation

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; FRAGMENTATION; JURASSIC; MOLLUSC; PHANEROZOIC; PREDATION; SHELL; SKELETAL REMAINS; TAPHONOMY; TAXONOMY;

MOLLUSCA;

EID: 38349141589     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00736.x     Document Type: Article

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