Patterns of biodiversity and faunal rebound following the K-T boundary extinction event in Austral Palaeocene molluscan faunas

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 195, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 319-356

  Stilwell, Jeffrey D ^a,b,c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Austral; Biodiversity; Biotic recovery; Mollusca; Palaeocene; Palaeontology

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; EXTINCTION; MOLLUSC; PALEOCENE; PALEONTOLOGY; RECOVERY; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

BIVALVIA; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0038208391     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(03)00364-X     Document Type: Article

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