Trace Fossils Interpreted in Relation to the Extant Termite Fauna at Laetoli, Tanzania

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9789048199617, 2011, Pages 555-565

  Darlington, Johanna P E C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apicotermitinae; Endocast; Foraging gallery; Hive; Hodotermes; Macrotermes; Odontotermes; Ventilation shaft

Indexed keywords

EID: 85045089470     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9962-4_21     Document Type: Chapter

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