Experimental decay of gills in freshwater bivalves as a key to understanding their preservation in upper Triassic lacustrine deposits

Palaios

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 215-220

  Skawina, Aleksandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIVALVE; DECOMPOSITION; FOSSIL; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MINERALIZATION; MUDSTONE; TAPHONOMY; TRIASSIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIVALVIA; UNIO; UNIO TUMIDUS;

EID: 77649147210     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2009.p09-081r     Document Type: Article

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