Early taphonomy and significance of naturally submerged nautilus shells from the new caledonia region

Palaios

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 597-610

  Mapes, Royal H ^a   Landman, Neil H ^b   Cochran, Kirk ^c   Goiran, Claire ^d   De Forges, Bertrand Richer ^e   Renfro, Alisha ^c  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Laboratoire LIVE   (New Caledonia)

^e Institut de Recherche Pour le D veloppement   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ALGA; CEPHALOPOD; DEEP WATER; ENCRUSTATION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INFILL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PALEOECOLOGY; PHOTIC ZONE; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; SEAFLOOR; SHELL; TAPHONOMY; TYPE SPECIMEN;

NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA];

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; CEPHALOPODA; NAUTILUS; NAUTILUS MACROMPHALUS;

EID: 77956213738     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2009.p09-109r     Document Type: Article

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