Intercontinental dispersal of Holarctic land mammals near the Paleocene/Eocene boundary: Paleogeographic, paleoclimatic and biostratigraphic implications

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 170, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 697-706

  Beard, K Christopher ^a   Dawson, Mary R ^a  

^a SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Eocene; Mammals; Paleobiogeography; Paleocene; Paleogeography

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; EOCENE; MAMMAL; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOCENE; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0033391312     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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