Mollusk species at a Pliocene shelf whale fall (Orciano Pisano, Tuscany)

Palaios

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 449-456

  Danise, Silvia ^a   Dominici, Stefano ^a   Betocchi, Ubaldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; BONE; CARNIVORE; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEOECOLOGY; PARASITE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLIOCENE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SPECIALIST; SPECIES RICHNESS; WHALE;

ITALY; ORCIANO PISANO; PISA [TUSCANY]; TUSCANY;

BIVALVIA; CETACEA; IDAS; LUCINIDAE; MOLLUSCA; MYSTICETI; VESICOMYIDAE;

EID: 77954008250     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2009.p09-139r     Document Type: Article

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