Paleobiological implications of Campanian coprolites

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 142, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 231-254

  Rodríguez De La Rosa, Rubén A ^a   Cevallos Ferriz, Sergio R S ^a   Silva Pineda, Alicia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Coahuila, Mexico; Coprolites; Plants; Upper Cretaceous; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

COEVOLUTION; COPROLITE; CRETACEOUS; HERBIVORY; PALEOECOLOGY; SEED DISPERSAL;

MEXICO;

EID: 0032532812     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(98)00052-2     Document Type: Article

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