Taphonomy of exceptionally preserved crustaceans from the upper Carboniferous of southeastern Ireland

Palaios

Volumn 23, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 298-312

  Orr, Patrick J ^a   Briggs, Derek E G ^b   Kearns, Stuart L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; CARBONIFEROUS; CLAY MINERAL; CRUSTACEAN; FOSSIL; MORPHOLOGY; TAPHONOMY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

ARTHROPODA; BRANCHIOPODA; CRUSTACEA;

EID: 45249087701     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2007.p07-015r     Document Type: Article

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