Environments of Mid-Cretaceous Saharan dinosaurs

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 569-588

  Russell, Dale A ^a   Paesler, Michael A ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Dinosaurs; Greenhouse climates; Oceanic influences; Sahara; Tropical terrestrial ecosystems

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; ENERGY BALANCE; GREENHOUSE GAS; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

AFRICA; SAHARA;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; DINOSAURIA;

EID: 0142230030     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-6671(03)00072-7     Document Type: Article

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