Re-evaluation of alleged bees' nests from the Upper Triassic of Arizona

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 286, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 194-201

  Lucas, Spencer G ^a   Minter, Nicholas J ^b   Hunt, Adrian P ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arizona; Bees' nests; Beetle borings; Chinle Group; Triassic

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BEETLE; BORING; HISTORICAL RECORD; SANDSTONE; TRACE FOSSIL; TRIASSIC;

ARIZONA; PETRIFIED FOREST NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES;

APOIDEA; ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; FUNGI; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SKOLITHOS; TEREDOLITES;

EID: 75849150798     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.01.010     Document Type: Article

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