Molecular taphonomy of macrofossils from the Cretaceous Las Hoyas Formation, Spain

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-8

  Gupta, Neal S ^a   Cambra Moo, Oscar ^b   Briggs, Derek E G ^a   Love, Gordon D ^c   Fregenal Martinez, Marian A ^d   Summons, Roger E ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aliphatic; Fish; Kerogen; Konservat Lagerst tte; Lipid; Pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

CHEMOSYNTHESIS; FISH; FOSSIL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; KEROGEN; LIPID; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; POLYMERIZATION; PYROLYSIS; TAPHONOMY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ARTHROPODA;

EID: 39149121891     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2006.12.009     Document Type: Article

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