Author: Becker Martin Chamberlain John
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISSN: 1042-0940
Source: Ichnos, Vol.13, Iss.1, 2006-03, pp. : 1-9
Disclaimer: Any content in publications that violate the sovereignty, the constitution or regulations of the PRC is not accepted or approved by CNPIEC.
Abstract
Anomuran microcoprolites are preserved in the Late Cretaceous lowermost Navesink Formation in Monmouth County, New Jersey. These microcoprolites occur within lens-to cigar-shaped phosphatic clay masses that occasionally include fragments of anomuran appendages. Individual microcoprolites are pellet-or rod-shaped and morphologically similar in longitudinal and cross-section to fecal material excreted from the ventro-dorsal hindgut of modern anomurans. The association of these anomuran microcoprolites in situ with Ophiomorpha burrows and the decapod crustacean Protocallianassa provides a compelling association for the identity of their producer.
Related content
By Pritchard Adam C. McCartney Jacob A. Krause David W. Kley Nathan J.
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Vol. 34, Iss. 5, 2014-07 ,pp. :
By Kappus Eric Lucas Spencer Hunt Adrian Heckert Andrew Lockley Martin
Ichnos, Vol. 10, Iss. 2-4, 2003-04 ,pp. :
By Cruzado-Caballero Penélope Canudo José Ignacio Moreno-Azanza Miguel Ruiz-Omeñaca José Ignacio
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Vol. 33, Iss. 6, 2013-11 ,pp. :