The Cretaceous-Tertiary biotic transition

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 265-292

  Macleod, N ^a   Rawson, P F ^b   Forey, P L ^a   Banner, F T ^a,b   Boudagher Fadel, M K ^b   Bown, P R ^b   Burnett, J A ^b   Chambers, P ^b   Culver, S ^a   Evans, S E ^b   Jeffery, C ^a   Kaminski, M A ^b   Lord, A R ^b   Milner, A C ^a   Milner, A R ^c   Morris, N ^a   Owen, E ^a   Rosen, B R ^a   Smith, A B ^a   Taylor, P D ^a   Urquhart, E ^b   Young, J R ^a   more..

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

K T boundary; Mass extinctions; Phylogeny; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS/TERTIARY BOUNDARY; MASS EXTINCTION; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

EID: 0030802321     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.154.2.0265     Document Type: Article

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