Preservation of exceptional vertebrate assemblages in Middle Permian fluviolacustrine mudstones of Kotel'nich, Russia: Stratigraphy, sedimentology, and taphonomy

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 319-320, Issue , 2012, Pages 58-83

  Benton, Michael J ^a   Newell, Andrew J ^b   Khlyupin, Al'bert Yu ^c   Shumov, Il'ya S ^c   Price, Gregory D ^d   Kurkin, Andrey A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c Vyatka Palaeontological Museum Kirov   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^e PALEONTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Drought; Fluvial scour; Permian; Russia; Severodvinian; Taphonomy; Tetrapod skeleton; Vyatkian

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; AGGRADATION; ARIDIFICATION; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; DEEP WATER; DROUGHT; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; MUDSTONE; PALEOECOLOGY; PERMIAN; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; PRESERVATION; REPTILE; SCOUR; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SKELETON; TAPHONOMY; TYPE LOCALITY;

KIROV; KOTELNICH; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

ANIMALIA; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84857033989     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.01.005     Document Type: Article

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