Fidelity of terrestrial vertebrate fossils to a modem ecosystem

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 149, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 389-409

  Hadly, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Holocene; Mammals; Palaeontology; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MAMMAL;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033153323     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(98)00214-4     Document Type: Article

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