Evolutionary consequences of dating the Yixian Formation

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 99-103

  Barrett, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EVOLUTION; FLOWERING PLANT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MAMMAL;

CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; PHYLOGENY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; RADIOMETRY; REVIEW; TIME;

CHINA; LIAONING PROVINCE; YIXIAN FORMATION;

EID: 0034160107     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(99)01782-6     Document Type: Review

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