Late Jurassic climates, vegetation, and dinosaur distributions

Journal of Geology

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 643-653

  McAllister Rees, P ^a   Noto, Christopher R ^b   Parrish, J Michael ^c   Parrish, Judith T ^d  

^a The University of Arizona   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; JURASSIC; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NORTH AMERICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 12144264236     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/424577     Document Type: Article

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