Exceptionally preserved tadpoles from the Miocene of Libros, Spain: Ecomorphological reconstruction and the impact of ontogeny upon taphonomy

Lethaia

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 290-306

  Mcnamara, Maria E ^a   Orr, Patrick J ^a   Kearns, Stuart L ^b   Alcalá, Luis ^c   Anadón, Pere ^d   Peñalver Mollá, Enrique ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Fundacion Conjunto Paleontologico de Teruel Dinopolis and Museo Aragones de Paleontologa   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^e Inst Geol Minero Espana   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTA; ECOMORPHOLOGY; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MIOCENE; MUDSTONE; PHYLOGENETICS; PRESERVATION; TAPHONOMY;

ANURA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EPIPHYTON; RANIDAE;

EID: 77955412231     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: 15023931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.2009.00192.x     Document Type: Article

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