Echinoid burrow Bichordites monastiriensis from the Oligocene of NE Italy

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 479-486

  Bernardi, Massimo ^a   Boschele, Sergio ^b   Ferretti, Paolo ^a   Avanzini, Marco ^a  

^a MUSEO TRIDENTINO DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

^b WWF Trentino Alto Adige Südtirol ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Bichordites; Echinoid burrows; Foredeep; Italy; Oligocene; Trace fossils; Upogebia

Indexed keywords

BURROW; ECHINODERM; ICHNOLOGY; OLIGOCENE; PRESERVATION; SANDSTONE; SHALLOW WATER; SKELETAL REMAINS; TAPHONOMY; TRACE FOSSIL;

ITALY; TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE; TRENTO; VALSUGANA;

ECHINOIDA; UPOGEBIA;

EID: 77956933864     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: 17322421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4202/app.2009.0064     Document Type: Article

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