An agrichnial feeding strategy for deep-marine paleogene ophiomorpha group trace fossils

Palaios

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 212-224

  Cummings, John Paul ^a   Hodgson, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURROWING ORGANISM; CELLULOSE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CRUSTACEAN; DEEP SEA; ICHNOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOGENE; TRACE FOSSIL; TURBIDITE;

BASQUE-CANTABRIAN BASIN; SPAIN;

CRUSTACEA; OPHIOMORPHA (CRUSTACEAN);

EID: 79953670283     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2010.p10-098r     Document Type: Article

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