The dawn of terrestrial ecosystems on Baltica: First report on land plant remains and arthropod coprolites from the Upper Silurian of Gotland, Sweden

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 317-318, Issue , 2012, Pages 162-170

  Hagström, Jonas ^a   Mehlqvist, Kristina ^b  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coprolites; Cryptospores; Land plants; Palynology; Plant animal interactions; Silurian

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MEDIUM; ARTHROPOD; BALTICA; COPROLITE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FOSSIL RECORD; MARGINAL SEA; MICROFOSSIL; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; PALEOBOTANY; PALYNOLOGY; SILURIAN; SPORE; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

GOTLAND; SWEDEN;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DYADOSPORA; EMBRYOPHYTA; LAEVOLANCIS DIVELLOMEDIA; LUDLOVIA;

EID: 84856570003     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.01.001     Document Type: Article

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