Paleobiology of a unique vertebrate coprolites concentration from Rio do Rasto Formation (Middle/Upper Permian), Paraná Basin, Brazil

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue , 2012, Pages 53-62

  Dentzien Dias, Paula C ^a   de Figueiredo, Ana Emilia Q ^a   Horn, Bruno ^a   Cisneros, Juan Carlos ^b   Schultz, Cesar L ^a  

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

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Coprolites; Gondwana; Permian; Rio do Rasto Formation

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPROLITE; GONDWANA; INCLUSION; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MINERALOGY; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOTYPE; OUTCROP; PALEOBIOLOGY; PERMIAN; TAPHONOMY; VERTEBRATE;

BRAZIL; PARANA [BRAZIL];

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84868259529     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2012.09.008     Document Type: Article

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