A Miocene perspective on the evolution of the Amazonian biota

Scripta Geologica

Volumn , Issue 133, 2006, Pages 439-458

  Wesselingh, Frank P ^a,b   Salo, Jukka A ^b  

^a NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Biodiversity; Biogeography; Miocene; Mollusca

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; MIOCENE; MOLLUSC;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

MOLLUSCA; OSTRACODA;

EID: 33845504668     PISSN: 03757587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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