Taphonomy of ground squirrel remains in a Late Pleistocene ichnofabric, Nebraska, USA

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 214, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 125-134

  Tobin, Robert J ^a  

^a PO B ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bioturbation; Citellus; Ground squirrel; Ichnofabric; Pleistocene; Spermophilus richardsonii; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; ICHNOFABRIC; MAMMAL; PLEISTOCENE; TAPHONOMY;

GREAT PLAINS; NEBRASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS; SPERMOPHILUS RICHARDSONII;

EID: 6044229616     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(04)00395-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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