Termite traces on bones from the late pleistocene of Argentina

Ichnos:an International Journal of Plant and Animal

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 166-171

  Pomi, Lucas Horacio ^a   Tonni, Eduardo Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Climate; Coleoptera; Grooves; Isoptera; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

BONE; CENOZOIC; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING; TAPHONOMY; TERMITE;

ARGENTINA;

COLEOPTERA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA;

EID: 80052465769     PISSN: 10420940     EISSN: 15635236     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10420940.2011.601374     Document Type: Article

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