Oldest Known Mass Animal Stranding, Death Valley, California

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Oldest mass animal stranding revealed in Death Valley fossils

New Scientist Daily News, July 26, 2017

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2141881-oldest-mass-animal-stranding-revealed-in-death-valley-fossils/

 

The publications are:

 

Sappenfield, A.D., Tarhan, L.G. and Droser, M.L., 2017. Earth's

oldest jellyfish strandings: a unique taphonomic window or

just another day at the beach?. Geological Magazine, 154(4),

pp.859-874.

Abstract: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/geological-magazine/article/earths-oldest-jellyfish-strandings-a-unique-taphonomic-window-or-just-another-day-at-the-beach/BD3A332A705E4AFB44E32FFAD2060D56

PDF file: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/303955816_Earth's_oldest_jellyfish_strandings_a_unique_taphonomic_window_or_just_another_day_at_the_beach

 

Sappenfield, A.D., 2015. Precambrian-Cambrian Sedimentology,

Stratigraphy, and Paleontology in the Great Basin (Western

United States). Unpublished PhD dissertation. University of

California, Riverside.  http://escholarship.org/uc/item/4r02d6xr

 

Yours,

 

Paul H.