Experimental taphonomy of artemia reveals the role of endogenous microbes in mediating decay and fossilization

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 282, Issue 1808, 2015, Pages

  Butler, Aodhán D ^a,b   Cunningham, John A ^a,c   Budd, Graham E ^b   Donoghue, Philip C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bilateria; Cambrian explosion; Metazoa; Palaeobiology; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; AUTHIGENIC MINERAL; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CRUSTACEAN; ENDOGENOUS GROWTH; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOSSIL RECORD; LIMB; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OXYGEN; PALEOBIOLOGY; PSEUDOMORPH; SOFT TISSUE PRESERVATION; TAPHONOMY; CUTICLE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSILIZATION; METAZOAN;

ANIMALIA; ARTEMIA; ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BILATERIA; METAZOA;

ANIMAL; ARTEMIA; BACTERIUM; FOSSIL; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; ARTEMIA; BACTERIA; FOSSILS;

EID: 84929312047     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.0476     Document Type: Article

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