Niche structure and evolution in creodont (mammalia) faunas of the European and North American Eocene

Geobios

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 297-305

  Morlo, Michael ^b  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Body mass; Creodonta; Diet; Ecological niche; Locomotion

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; MAMMAL; NICHE; PALEOBIOLOGY;

EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

CREODONTA;

EID: 0032798336     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6995(99)80043-6     Document Type: Article

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