Macromolecular composition of Palaeozoic scolecodonts: Insights into the molecular taphonomy of zoomorphs

Lethaia

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 334-343

  Dutta, Suryendu ^a   Hartkopf Fröder, Christoph ^b   Mann, Ulrich ^c   Wilkes, Heinz ^d   Brocke, Rainer ^e   Bertram, Norbert ^f  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b Geologischer Dienst Nordrhein Westfalen   (Germany)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^d GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^e SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^f LTA Labor fur Toxikologie und Analytik   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DEVONIAN; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOZOIC; PRESERVATION; SILURIAN; TAPHONOMY;

POLYCHAETA;

EID: 77955403898     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: 15023931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.2009.00193.x     Document Type: Article

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