Modern Nautilus (cephalopoda) taphonomy in a subtidal to backshore environment, Lifou (Loyalty Islands)

Palaios

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 656-670

  Mapes, Royal H ^a   Hembree, Daniel I ^a   Rasor, Bart A ^a   Stigall, Alycia ^a   Goirand, Claire ^b   De Forges, Bertrand Richer ^c  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA NOUVELLE CALÉDONIE   (New Caledonia)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

carbonate; encrustation; Mollusca; preservation; shallow marine

Indexed keywords

BEACH; BIOTURBATION; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CEPHALOPOD; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENCRUSTATION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; PRESERVATION; SEAFLOOR; SHALLOW WATER; SHELL; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; TAPHONOMY; WATER DEPTH;

LIFOU; LOYALTY ISLANDS; NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA];

ALGAE; CEPHALOPODA; CYANOBACTERIA; MOLLUSCA; NAUTILUS; NAUTILUS MACROMPHALUS;

EID: 77957001038     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2010.p10-010r     Document Type: Article

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