Invertebrate trace fossils in semi-arid to arid braided-ephemeral-river deposits of the Mississippian middle member of the Mauch Chunk Formation, eastern Pennsylvania, USA

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 292, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 222-244

  Fillmore, David L ^a   Lucas, Spencer G ^b   Simpson, Edward L ^a  

^a KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Braided ephemeral river deposits; Invertebrate trace fossils; Mauch Chunk Formation; Mississippian; Pennsylvania

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; ARTHROPOD; BEDFORM; BRAIDED RIVER; BURROW; DEPOSIT FEEDER; EPHEMERAL STREAM; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FOOTPRINT; MISSISSIPPIAN; SEMIARID REGION; SILURIAN; TRACE FOSSIL; TRIASSIC;

PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; ARTHROPODA; CRUZIANA; DIPLICHNITES; DIPLOPODICHNUS; GORDIA; INVERTEBRATA; KOUPHICHNIUM; PLANOLITES; RUSOPHYCUS; SCOYENIA; STIARIA; TAENIDIUM; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78449233244     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.03.047     Document Type: Article

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