Coastal-plain origin of trace-fossil bearing red beds in the Early Permian of Southern New Mexico, U.S.A.

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 369, Issue , 2013, Pages 323-334

  Voigt, Sebastian ^a   Lucas, Spencer G ^b   Krainer, Karl ^c  

^a Burg Lichtenberg ^*  (Germany)

^b New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Coastal floodplain; Continental ichnology; Lagerst tte; Late Paleozoic; North America

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; COASTAL PLAIN; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FACIES; FLOODPLAIN; ICHNOLOGY; LIMESTONE; PERMIAN; RED BED; SHALE; TETRAPOD; TRACE FOSSIL;

NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

ARTHROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84872037993     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.10.041     Document Type: Article

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