Reply to the Comments by Bromley et al. of the paper "Reconnaissance of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation ichnofossils, Rocky Mountain Region, USA: Paleoenvironmental, stratigraphic, and paleoclimatic significance of terrestrial and freshwater ichnocoenoses" by Stephen T. Hasiotis

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 208, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 61-68

  Hasiotis, Stephen T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Coleoptera; Hemiptera; Hymenoptera; Ichnocoenoses; Ichnofacies; Neoichnology; Soil biota; Trace fossils

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 46149101505     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2008.04.004     Document Type: Letter

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