The first Upper Triassic vertebrate locality in Antarctica

Gondwana Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 199-204

  Hammer, W R ^a   Collinson, J W ^b   Askin, R A ^b   Hickerson, W J ^a  

^a AUGUSTANA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Gondwana stratigraphy; Paleoclimate; Triassic; Vertebrate fossils

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; FAUNA; FLORA; FOSSIL RECORD; LITHOLOGY; MUDSTONE; PEBBLE; REPTILE; SANDSTONE; SILTSTONE; TRIASSIC;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; VICTORIA LAND;

DICROIDIUM;

EID: 0742284513     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1342-937x(05)70319-1     Document Type: Article

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