Mass mortality of fossil decapods within the Monte León Formation (early Miocene), southern Argentina: Victims of Andean volcanism

Annals of Carnegie Museum

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 259-287

  Crawford, Robert S ^a   Casadio, Silvio ^b   Feldmann, Rodney M ^a   Griffin, Miguel ^b   Parras, Ana ^b   Schweitzer, Carrie E ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PAMPA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Brachyura; Decapoda; Mass mortality; Miocene; Portunoidea

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM CURRENT; CRAB; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MASS MORTALITY; MIOCENE; PALEOSURFACE; PETROGRAPHY; SEDIMENTATION RATE; STABLE ISOTOPE; STRATIGRAPHY; TAPHONOMY; VOLCANISM;

ARGENTINA; PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

BIVALVIA; BRACHYURA; BRYOZOA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ECHINOIDA; GASTROPODA; PORTUNOIDEA;

EID: 57349110022     PISSN: 00974463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2992/0097-4463-77.2.259     Document Type: Article

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