Exceptional preservation of plants and invertebrates by phosphatization, Riversleigh, Australia

Palaios

Volumn 23, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 495-502

  Arena, Derrick A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; CENOZOIC; DIAGENESIS; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; MICROSTRUCTURE; PHOSPHATIZATION; PRESERVATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND; RIVERSLEIGH WORLD HERITAGE SITE;

ARTHROPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 50449100334     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2006.p06-142r     Document Type: Article

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