Vermeij Crushing Analysis: A new old technique for estimating crushing predation in gastropod assemblages

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 305, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 123-137

  Stafford, Emily S ^a,b   Leighton, Lindsey R ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drilling; Durophagy; Fragmentation; Mollusca; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; CRAB; DRILLING; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; GASTROPOD; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; SHELL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TAPHONOMY;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUSPIRA LEWISII; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; NASSARIUS PERPINGUIS; NATICIDAE; OLIVELLA BIPLICATA; PINUS TORREYANA;

EID: 79955465851     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.02.026     Document Type: Article

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