Lichen bioerosion on fossil vertebrates from the Cenozoic of Patagonia and Antarctica

Ichnos:an International Journal of Plant and Animal

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-8

  Hospitaleche, Carolina Acosta ^a   Márquez, Gonzalo ^a   Pérez, Leandro Martín ^a   Rosato, Vilma ^b   Cione, Alberto Luis ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^b Instituto de Botanica Carlos Spegazzini   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Bioerosion; Lichen; Patagonia; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

BIOEROSION; BONE; CENOZOIC; DIAGENESIS; FOSSIL; LICHEN; MIOCENE; TAPHONOMY; TOOTH; VERTEBRATE;

ANTARCTICA; PATAGONIA;

ASPICILIA; BUELLIA; CALOPLACA; SARCOGYNE; VERRUCARIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79952609924     PISSN: 10420940     EISSN: 15635236     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10420940.2011.552577     Document Type: Article

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