Lost in action-the isolated crocodilian teeth from Enspel and their interpretive value

Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-81

  Frey, Eberhard ^a   Monninger, Stefanie ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crocodilia; Crocodilian teeth; Eusuchia; Oligocene crater lake Enspel; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CRATER LAKE; CROCODILIAN; EOCENE; FOSSIL RECORD; OLIGOCENE; SKELETON; TAPHONOMY; TOOTH; TRACE FOSSIL;

BADEN-WURTTEMBERG; GERMANY; ULM;

CAIMAN; CARINAE; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); EUSUCHIA; OSTEOLAEMUS;

EID: 77953400576     PISSN: 18671594     EISSN: 18671608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12549-009-0021-5     Document Type: Article

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