Brachiopod shell discoloration as an indicator of taphonomic alteration in the deep-time fossil record

Palaios

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 682-692

  Kolbe, Sarah E ^a   Zambito Iv, James J ^a   Brett, Carlton E ^a   Wise, Julia L ^a   Wilson, Ryan D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BRACHIOPOD; COLOR MORPH; EXHUMATION; FOSSIL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORDOVICIAN; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PROBABILITY; SHELL; SUBFOSSIL; TAPHONOMY;

KENTUCKY; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BRACHIOPODA; CINCINNATIA;

EID: 80455174097     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2011.p11-023r     Document Type: Article

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