Estuarine deposition of a mid-Visean tetrapod unit, Ducabrook Formation, central Queensland: Implications for tetrapod dispersal

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 509-530

  Parker, K E ^a   Webb, J A ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carboniferous; Depositional environment; Drummond Basin; Ducabrook Formation; Estuary; Paleoecology; Queensland; Taphonomy; Tetrapod; Visean

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FAUNA; PALEOECOLOGY; TAPHONOMY; TIDAL FLAT; VERTEBRATE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; DRUMMOND BASIN; QUEENSLAND;

TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 46049093042     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120090801888644     Document Type: Article

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