A new arthropod resting trace and associated suite of trace fossils from the lower Jurassic of Warwickshire, England

Palaeontology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1099-1112

  O' Brien, Lorna J ^a,b   Braddy, Simon J ^b   Radley, Jonathan D ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blue lias formation; Cubichnia; Decapod; Fugichnia; Ichnotaxonomy; Rusophycus; Solusichnium southamensis igen. et isp. nov.

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; ICHNOLOGY; JURASSIC; TAXONOMY; TRACE FOSSIL;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WARWICKSHIRE; WESTERN EUROPE;

ARTHROPODA; CRUSTACEA; ERYON; RUSOPHYCUS;

EID: 70350006827     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2009.00901.x     Document Type: Article

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