Extinction of ichthyosaurs: A catastrophic or evolutionary paradigm?

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 228, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 421-452

  Lingham Soliar, Theagarten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BELEMNITE; EXTINCTION; JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS BOUNDARY; PALEONTOLOGY; PREDATION; REPTILE;

CETACEA; CHONDRICHTHYES; CORYPHAENIDAE; ICHTHYOSAURIA; OSTEICHTHYES; PISCES; REPTILIA;

EID: 1642528396     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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