Biomineralization, taphonomy, and diagenesis of Paleozoic lingulide brachiopod shells preserved in silicified mudstone concretions

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 326-328, Issue , 2012, Pages 118-127

  Zabini, Carolina ^a,b   Schiffbauer, James D ^b   Xiao, Shuhai ^b   Kowalewski, Michał ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthomorphic acritarchs; Biomineralization; Devonian and recent lingulides; Silicified mudstone concretions; Sulfide and sulfate minerals; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; BRACHIOPOD; BURIAL DIAGENESIS; DEVONIAN; MUDSTONE; SHELL; SILICIFICATION; TAPHONOMY;

BRAZIL; PARANA [BRAZIL];

ACRITARCHA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRACHIOPODA; GLOTTIDIA PALMERI; LINGULA; LINGULIDA;

EID: 84858341391     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.02.010     Document Type: Article

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