Comment on "Ophiomorpha irregulaire, Mesozoic trace fossil that is either well understood but rare in outcrop or poorly understood but common in core" by R.G. Bromley and G.K. Pedersen. [Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 270 (2008) 295-298]

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 284, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 392-395

  McIlroy, Duncan ^a   Tonkin, Nicola S ^a   Phillips, Christopher ^a   Herringshaw, Liam G ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Core; Morphology; Ophiomorpha; Palaeogeography; Pelletal lining

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; ICE CORE; ICHNOLOGY; MESOZOIC; NOMENCLATURE; OUTCROP; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TRACE FOSSIL;

NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN INTERIOR; WESTERN INTERIOR SEAWAY;

OPHIOMORPHA IRREGULAIRE;

EID: 70549103378     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.08.031     Document Type: Note

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