Shell composition, cryptic costae, complex composite molds, and taphonomic chicanery in Mytiloides (Inoceramidae, Bivalvia)

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1091-1096

  Crampton, James S ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARAGONITE; BIVALVE; BRACHIOPOD; DISSOLUTION; SHELL; TAPHONOMY;

BIVALVIA; BRACHIOPODA; INOCERAMIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; MYTILOIDES; MYTILOIDES IPUANUS;

EID: 7544230751     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0022-3360(2004)078<1091:SCCCCC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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