What controls the taphonomy of exceptionally preserved taxaenvironment or biology? A case study using frogs from the Miocene Libros Konservat- Lagerstätte (Teruel, Spain)

Palaios

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 63-77

  McNamara, Maria E ^a,b   Orr, Patrick J ^b   Alcalá, Luis ^c   Anadón, Pere ^d   Peñalver, Enrique ^e  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c Avenida Sagunto   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^e Inst Geol Minero Espana   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FROG; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LIMB; LITHOLOGY; MIOCENE; MUDSTONE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PRESERVATION; SKIN; TAPHONOMY;

ARAGON; SPAIN; TERUEL [ARAGON];

ANURA; PELOPHYLAX;

EID: 84858163516     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2010.p10-126r     Document Type: Article

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