Catshark egg capsules from a late eocene deep-water methane-seep deposit in Western Washington State, USA

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 77-84

  Kiel, Steffen ^a   Peckmann, Jörn ^b   Simon, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

collagen; Elasmobranchia; exceptional preservation; Late Eocene; Scyliorhinidae; taphonomy; USA; Washing?ton State

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CARBONATE; COLLAGEN; DEEP WATER; EGG; EOCENE; METHANE; MINERALIZATION; OXIDANT; SHARK; TAPHONOMY;

UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 84875349877     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: 17322421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4202/app.2011.0077     Document Type: Article

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