First trace-fossil evidence of bone-eating worms in whale carcasses

Palaios

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 269-273

  Muñiz, Fernando ^a   De Gibert, Jordi M ^b   Esperante, Raúl ^c  

^a Ayuntamiento de Lepe ^*  (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Geoscience Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNELID; BACTERIUM; BONE; FOSSIL; HETEROTROPHY; MORPHOLOGY; MUTUALISM; NEW RECORD; ORGANIC MATTER; PLIOCENE; ROCK BLOCK; SEAFLOOR; TRACE FOSSIL; WHALE;

SPAIN;

ANNELIDA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CETACEA; MYSTICETI; OSEDAX; SIBOGLINIDAE; SIPUNCULIDA; TRYPANITES; ZANCLEA;

EID: 77949595909     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2009.p09-112r     Document Type: Article

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