The late Middle Eocene terrestrial vertebrate fauna from Seymour Island: The tails of the Eocene Patagonian size distribution

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 258, Issue , 2006, Pages 177-186

  Case, Judd A ^a  

^a SAINT MARY'S COLLEGE OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BODY SIZE; ECOMORPHOLOGY; EOCENE; FAUNA; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; VERTEBRATE;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; SEYMOUR ISLAND; WEST ANTARCTICA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; NOTHOFAGUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PALAEOGNATHAE; RODENTIA; SLOTHS; THERIA; UNGULATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33745963417     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.258.01.13     Document Type: Article

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