Taphonomic features of Paleodictyon and other graphoglyptid trace fossils in Oligo-Miocene thin-bedded turbidites, northern Apennines, Italy

Palaios

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 667-682

  Monaco, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; BURROW; BURROWING; DEFORMATION; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; TAPHONOMY; TRACE FOSSIL; TURBIDITE;

APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

SOLEIDAE;

EID: 53849102577     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2007.p07-016r     Document Type: Article

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