The dinosaur fauna of the Sao Khua Formation of Thailand and the beginning of the Cretaceous radiation of dinosaurs in Asia

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 150, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 13-23

  Buffetaut, Eric ^a   Suteethorn, Varavudh ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Dept Mineral Rsrc Rama VI R ^*  (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Dinosaurs; Evolution; Paleogeography; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR;

THAILAND;

EID: 0033563666     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(99)00004-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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