Crocodiles from the Beglia Formation, Middle/Late Miocene Boundary, Tunisia, and their significance for Saharan palaeoclimatology

Annales de Paleontologie

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 59-67

  Pickford, Martin ^a,b  

^a l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Crocodilia; Miocene; Palaeoclimate; Sahara; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

MIOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

TUNISIA;

ALLIGATOR; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCODYLUS LLOYDI; EUTHECODON; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034065802     PISSN: 07533969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0753-3969(00)88724-8     Document Type: Article

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