Eurypterid trackways from Early Devonian tidal facies of Alken an der Mosel (Rheinisches Schiefergebirge, Germany)

Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 111-124

  Poschmann, Markus ^a   Braddy, Simon J ^b  

^a Generaldirektion Kulturelles Erbe Rheinland Pfalz ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Mass moult mate' hypothesis; Eurypterid; Intertidal; Palaeoecology; Palmichnium; Trace fossil

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; CRAB; DEVONIAN; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; ICHNOFACIES; ICHNOLOGY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PRESERVATION; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TRACE FOSSIL; TRACKWAY;

RHENISH SCHIEFERGEBIRGE;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; EURYPTERIDA; LIMULUS; MEROSTOMATA; PALMICHNIUM;

EID: 77953401977     PISSN: 18671594     EISSN: 18671608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12549-010-0024-2     Document Type: Article

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