Testing patterns and causes of faunal stability in the fossil record, with an example from the Pliocene Lusso Beds of Zaire

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 127, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 313-337

  Morris, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

coordinated stasis; Kaiso; Lusso; mollusca; paleoecology; Uganda

Indexed keywords

COORDINATED STASIS; FAUNAL STABILITY; MOLLUSC; PALAEOECOLOGY; PLIOCENE;

UGANDA; ZAIRE;

EID: 0030595818     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(96)00101-0     Document Type: Article

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