Echinoderm remains in shallow-water carbonates at Fernandez Bay, San Salvador Island, Bahamas

Palaios

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 181-189

  Dynowski, Janina F ^a,b  

^a STAATLICHES MUSEUM FÜR NATURKUNDE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BIOEROSION; CARBONATE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ECHINODERM; FRAGMENTATION; MEADOW; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PRESERVATION; SHALLOW WATER; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; TAPHONOMY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

BAHAMAS; SAN SALVADOR [BAHAMAS];

ALGAE; ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDA; OPHIUROIDEA; SARGASSUM;

EID: 84859087553     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2011.p11-015r     Document Type: Article

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