Confirmation of Romer's Gap as a low oxygen interval constraining the timing of initial arthropod and vertebrate terrestrialization

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 103, Issue 45, 2006, Pages 16818-16822

  Ward, Peter ^a   Labandeira, Conrad ^b,c   Laurin, Michel ^d   Berner, Robert A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c University of Maryland   (United States)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric O2; Paleozoic; Tetrapods

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CHRONOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL SPECIALIZATION; HABITAT QUALITY; LAND BIOME; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PALEOZOIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROMER GAP; TERRESTRIALIZATION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; ATMOSPHERE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXYGEN; TIME FACTORS; VERTEBRATES;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33750943496     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0607824103     Document Type: Article

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