Float or sink: modelling the taphonomic pathway of marine crocodiles (Mesoeucrocodylia, Thalattosuchia) during the death–burial interval

Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments - Tập 92 Số 1 - Trang 83-98 - 2012
Susan R. Beardmore1, Patrick J. Orr1, Tom Manzocchi1, Heinz Furrer2
1UCD School of Geological Sciences, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
2Paläontologisches Institut und Museum der Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

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