Early molluscan evolution: Evidence from the trace fossil record

Palaios

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 565-575

  Seilacher, Adolf ^a   Hagadorn, James W ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM; CAMBRIAN; DEEP SEA; EDIACARAN; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXTINCTION; FECAL PELLET; FOSSIL RECORD; GRAZING; MESOZOIC; MOLLUSC; PREDATION; PRESERVATION; SHELL; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; TAPHONOMY; TRACE FOSSIL;

ANIMALIA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 77956201401     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2009.p09-079r     Document Type: Article

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