First report of oribatid mite (arthropod) borings and coprolites in Permian woods from the Helan Mountains of northern China

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 288, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 54-61

  Feng, Zhuo ^a,b   Wang, Jun ^b   Liu, Lu Jun ^b  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Coprolites; Gymnospermous wood; Mite borings; Permian; Plant animal interactions

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BORING; COPROLITE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; MITE; NEW RECORD; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PERMIAN; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; WOODY PLANT;

CHINA; HELAN MOUNTAINS;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; ORIBATIDA;

EID: 77649238837     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.01.035     Document Type: Article

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