Influence of microbial biofilms on the preservation of primary soft tissue in fossil and extant archosaurs

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Peterson, Joseph E ^a   Lenczewski, Melissa E ^b   Scherer, Reed P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC MATTER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCHOSAUR; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BONE GROWTH; BONE MATRIX; BONE STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL ANIMAL; GEOLOGICAL TIME; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; SOFT TISSUE; TAPHONOMY; TISSUE PRESERVATION; VERTEBRATE; FOSSIL; MICROBIOLOGY;

VERTEBRATA;

BIOFILMS; FOSSILS; MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 78149462054     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013334     Document Type: Article

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