The Miocene Climatic Optimum: Evidence from ectothermic vertebrates of Central Europe

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 195, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 389-401

  Böhme, Madelaine ^a  

^a Universitatsinstitut/S   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Climate; Ectothermic vertebrates; Miocene; Reptiles

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BIOZONATION; MIOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEONTOLOGY; REPTILE; VERTEBRATE;

(CENTRAL); EUROPE;

ALBANERPETON INEXPECTATUM; ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATORINAE; AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; BRANSATERYX; BUFO; BUFO VIRIDIS; CHAMAELEO; CHAMAELEO CAROLIQUARTI; CHAMAELEONIDAE; CHANNIDAE; CORDYLIDAE; DIPLOCYNODON; GEKKONIDAE; REPTILIA; SALAMANDRA; SALAMANDRA SANSANIENSIS; TESTUDINES; TOMISTOMIDAE; VARANIDAE; VARANUS; VARANUS HOFMANNI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037870808     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(03)00367-5     Document Type: Article

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