Soft-tissue preservation in miocene frogs from Libros, Spain: Insights into the genesis of decay microenvironments

Palaios

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 104-117

  McNamara, Maria E ^a   Orr, Patrick J ^a   Kearns, Stuart L ^b   Alcalá, Luis ^c   Anadón, Pere ^d   Molla, Enrique Peñalver ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Avenida Sagunto   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^e Inst Geol Minero Espana   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; FROG; HISTOLOGY; LITHIFICATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MIOCENE; PRESERVATION; TAPHONOMY;

ARAGON; EURASIA; EUROPE; LIBROS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TERUEL [ARAGON];

ANURA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 60649113669     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2008.p08-017r     Document Type: Article

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