Radiolarian diversity patterns in the latest Jurassic-earliest Cretaceous

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 187, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 179-206

  Kiessling, Wolfgang ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Cretaceous; Jurassic; Paleogeography; Radiolarians

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CRETACEOUS; JURASSIC; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOTEMPERATURE; RADIOLARIA;

RADIOLARIA (PROTOZOANS); TITHONIA;

EID: 0036829354     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(02)00529-1     Document Type: Article

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