Biotic interaction between spionid polychaetes and bouchardiid brachiopods: Paleoecological, taphonomic and evolutionary implications

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 657-668

  Rodrigues, Sabrina C ^a   Simões, Marcello G ^a   Kowalewski, Michałl ^b   Petti, Mônica A V ^c   Nonato, Edmundo F ^c   Martinez, Sergio ^d   Del Rio, Claudia Julia ^e  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

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

^c Instituto Oceanografico   (Brazil)

^d FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Uruguay)

^e MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bioerosion; Biotic interaction; Bouchardia; Brachiopoda; Brazil; Caulostrepsis; Cenozoic; Spionidae

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOEROSION; BIOTIC FACTOR; BRACHIOPOD; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; ICHNOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOGENE; POLYCHAETE; SEAFLOOR; TAPHONOMY;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA; URUGUAY;

BIVALVIA; BOUCHARDIA; BOUCHARDIA ROSEA; BOUCHARDIA ZITTELI; BRACHIOPODA; MOLLUSCA; POLYCHAETA; POLYDORA; PYGIDIUM; RHYNCHONELLIFORMEA; SPIONIDA; SPIONIDAE;

EID: 59549104822     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: 17322421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4202/app.2008.0410     Document Type: Article

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