BIOMECHANICAL FRAGMENTATION IN SHELL-BEDS FROM THE LATE TRIASSIC OF THE LOMBARDIAN BASIN (NORTHERN ITALY). PRELIMINARY REPORT

Shell-beds rich in shell fragments are very common in the Lombardia basinal facies in the Late Triassic. Biofragmentation by durophagous fishes, which were very common, must be regarded as the main taphonomic process on the basis of the shape of fragments and the presence of predatory traces, such a...

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Main Author: ANDREA TINTORI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Milano University Press 2017-06-01
Series:Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia
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Online Access:https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/8594