Happy New Years fellow Paleonetters!
I am trying to track down refs and/or persons who may be able to help with the above subject. Specifically I am looking for the following:
> 1) Descriptions of modern billabongs and croc holes including size, areal
> extent, depth, numbers per unit area, sed/strat etc.
> 2) Paleocology and preservation in the geologic record and taxanomic
diversity.
> 3) Examples (if any) from prehistory including taphonnomy, stratigraphy and
> paleosol types. Mesozoic examples most appreciated!
> 4) Or failing the above, what one might expect to see in a putative
"fossil"
> croc hole.
5) And any refs on recognized croc/alligator coprolites
Thanks in advance for any and all help!
Tom
Thomas R. Lipka
Geobiological Research
2733 Kildaire Drive
Baltimore, Md. 21234 USA