Evaluating the relationship between pedofacies and faunal composition: Implications for faunal turnover at the Paleocene-Eocene boundary

Palaios

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 390-399

  Clyde, William C ^a   Finarelli, John A ^b   Christensen, Kaneen E ^a  

^a Univ of New Hampshire   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PALEOSOL; TAPHONOMY;

SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 23244461703     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2003.p03-113     Document Type: Article

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