Life in the late Paleozoic ice age: Trace fossils from glacially influenced deposits in a late carboniferous fjord of western Argentina

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 502-518

  Schatz, Elizabeth R ^a   Gabriela Mángano, María ^a   Buatois, Luis A ^a   Oscar Limarino, Carlos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Carboniferous; glacial deposits; Gondwana; taphonomy; trace fossils

Indexed keywords

BURROWING; CARBONIFEROUS; FJORD; FOSSIL RECORD; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GONDWANA; MUDSTONE; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOZOIC; POSTGLACIAL; PRESERVATION; SEDIMENTATION; TAPHONOMY; TRACE FOSSIL;

ARGENTINA;

ARTHROPODA; BRACHIOPODA; CRUZIANA; CRUZIANA PROBLEMATICA; DIPLOPODA; DIPLOPODICHNUS BIFORMIS; LINGULIFORMEA; RUSOPHYCUS; TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 79955949041     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/10-046.1     Document Type: Article

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