Palaeoenvironments of the latest Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) dinosaurs of Romania: Insights from fluvial deposits and paleosols of the Transylvanian and Haţeg basins

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 218, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 15-56

  Therrien, François ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dinosaur; Maastrichtian; Palaeoclimate; Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction; Paleosol; Romania; Tethys

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MAASTRICHTIAN; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSOL; TETHYS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

DINOSAURIA;

EID: 13844314491     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2004.12.005     Document Type: Article

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