Chapter 7 Invertebrate and Vertebrate Trace Fossils from Continental Carbonates

Developments in Sedimentology

Volumn 61, Issue C, 2010, Pages 319-369

  Genise, J F ^a   Melchor, R N ^b   Bellosi, E S ^c   Verde, M ^d  

^a MUSEO PALEONTOLÓGICO EGIDIO FERUGLIO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PAMPA   (Argentina)

^c MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

continental carbonates; invertebrate trace fossils; vertebrate trace fossils

Indexed keywords

EID: 72149097885     PISSN: 00704571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0070-4571(09)06107-X     Document Type: Review

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