Late Ordovician massive-bedded Thalassinoides ichnofacies along the palaeoequator of Laurentia

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 367-368, Issue , 2012, Pages 73-88

  Jin, Jisuo ^a   Harper, David A T ^b   Rasmussen, Jan A ^b   Sheehan, Peter M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

GOBE; Ordovician; Thalassinoides; Trace fossils

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOFACIES; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BURROW; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEEP WATER; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DOLOMITE; ICHNOFACIES; LAURENTIA; ORDOVICIAN; OXYGENATION; SUBSTRATE; TRACE FOSSIL;

ARCTIC; CANADA; GREAT BASIN; GREENLAND; MANITOBA; NEVADA; UNITED STATES; UTAH; WILLISTON BASIN; WYOMING;

ANTHOZOA; CREEDIIDAE; GASTROPODA; NAUTILIDA; RECEPTACULITIDAE; THALASSINOIDES;

EID: 84870389256     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.05.023     Document Type: Article

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