Fish trails from the Lower Old Red Sandstone of Tredomen Quarry, Powys, southeast Wales

Geological Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 337-358

  Morrissey, Lance B ^a   Braddy, Simon J ^b   Bennett, John P ^c   Marriott, Susan B ^a   Tarrant, Peter R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Arthropod trackways; Early Devonian; Palaeoecology; Southeast Wales; Undichna

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; DEVONIAN; OLD RED SANDSTONE; TRACE FOSSIL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; POWYS; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 4644259584     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.998     Document Type: Article

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