Palaeoenvironments of vertebrates on the southern shore of Tethys: The nonmarine Early Cretaceous of Tunisia

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 243, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 118-131

  Anderson, Paul E ^a   Benton, Michael J ^a   Trueman, Clive N ^b   Paterson, Bruce A ^a   Cuny, Gilles ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Rare earth elements; Taphonomy; Tunisia; Vertebrate palaeontology

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS BOUNDARY; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; TAPHONOMY; TETHYS; VERTEBRATE;

AFRICA; GUELMIM-ES SMARA; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; TATA; TATAOUINE; TUNISIA;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33845477475     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.07.015     Document Type: Article

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