Paleogene vertebrates and their response to environmental change

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 234, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 1-23

  Gingerich, Philip D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CRETACEOUS-PALEOGENE BOUNDARY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; MAMMAL; PALEOGENE; REPTILE; TELEOST;

AVES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 11444257876     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/234/2004/1     Document Type: Article

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