Epibiont preservational and observational bias in fossil marine decapods

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 961-972

  Waugh, David A ^a   Feldmann, Rodney M ^a   Crawford, Robert S ^a   Jakobsen, Sten Lennart ^b   Thomas, Kyle B ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; EPIBIONT; FOSSIL; PRESERVATION; TAPHONOMY;

CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 4344569772     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0022-3360(2004)078<0961:EPAOBI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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