Late Pleistocene freshwater fish (Cottidae) trackways from New England (USA) glacial lakes and a reinterpretation of the ichnogenus Broomichnium Kuhn

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 260, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 375-388

  Benner, Jacob S ^a   Ridge, John C ^a   Taft, Natalia K ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Broomichnium flirii; Broomichnium permianum; Cottidae; New England; Pleistocene; Quadrispinichna; Sculpin; Trace fossils; Varves

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL LAKE; ICE MARGIN; LOCOMOTION; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PERCIFORM; PLEISTOCENE; REFUGIUM; TRACE FOSSIL;

CONNECTICUT RIVER; NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

BROOMICHNIUM; BROOMICHNIUM PERMIANUM; COTTIDAE; COTTUS;

EID: 41149112317     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.12.004     Document Type: Article

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