The microstructural record of predation: A new approach for identifying predatory drill holes

Palaios

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 810-820

  Schiffbauer, James D ^a   Yanes, Yurena ^b   Tyler, Carrie L ^a   Kowalewski, Michał ^a   Leighton, Lindsey R ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; DISSOLUTION; FOSSIL; FOSSIL RECORD; GASTROPOD; MICROSTRUCTURE; MIOCENE; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

NORTH AMERICA; SAN JUAN ISLANDS; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

BIVALVIA; GASTROPODA; MURICIDAE; PATELLIDAE; RADULICHNUS;

EID: 58149517830     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2008.p08-045r     Document Type: Article

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