Palaeobiological significance of high-latitude Late Cretaceous vertebrate fossils from the James Ross Basin, Antarctica

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 258, Issue , 2006, Pages 109-124

  Martin, James E ^a   Crame, J Alistair ^b  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; LIZARD; PALEOBIOLOGY; SHARK; TELEOST; VERTEBRATE;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; JAMES ROSS ISLAND; SEYMOUR ISLAND; VEGA ISLAND; WEST ANTARCTICA;

AVES; CHELONIIDAE; CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOSAURIDAE; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; TELEOSTEI; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33745947059     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.258.01.08     Document Type: Article

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