Faunal stability during the early oligocene climatic crash

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 127, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 257-283

  Prothero, Donald R ^c   Heaton, Timothy H ^a,b  

^a OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

climate; Eocene; evolution; mammal; Oligocene

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EOCENE; EVOLUTION; GRADUALISM; MAMMAL; OLIGOCENE; PUNCTUATED EQUILIBRIUM;

EID: 0030438365     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(96)00099-5     Document Type: Article

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