Paleobiology and paleoecology of an arid-semiarid Miocene South American ichnofauna in anastomosed fluvial deposits

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 284, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 129-152

  Krapovickas, Verónica ^a   Ciccioli, Patricia L ^a   Mángano, M Gabriela ^b   Marsicano, Claudia A ^a   Limarino, Carlos O ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Argentina; Invertebrate traces; Miocene; Paleocommunity analysis; Scoyenia ichnofacies; Tetrapod footprints

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; BIOTURBATION; CREVASSE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FOOTPRINT; ICHNOFACIES; ICHNOLOGY; MIOCENE; ORNAMENTATION; PALEOBIOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; SANDBAR; SEMIARID REGION; SUBSTRATE; TETRAPOD; TRACE FOSSIL; TRACKWAY; TUBE DWELLER;

ARGENTINA; LA RIOJA [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

ABROCOMIDAE; AVES; CAVIIDAE; DASYPODIDAE; GLYPTODONTIDAE; HELMINTHOPSIS (TRACE FOSSIL); HELMINTHOPSIS HIEROGLYPHICA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; PALAEOPHYCUS; PALAEOPHYCUS TUBULARIS; PASSERIFORMES; RODENTIA; SCOYENIA; SLOTHS; TAENIDIUM; TAENIDIUM BARRETTI; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 70549106458     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.09.015     Document Type: Article

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