Vertebrate paleontology, biostratigraphy, geochronology, and paleoenvironment of Qaidam Basin in northern Tibetan Plateau

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 254, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 363-385

  Wang, Xiaoming ^a,b,h   Qiu, Zhuding ^b   Li, Qiang ^b   Wang, Banyue ^b   Qiu, Zhanxiang ^b   Downs, William R ^c   Xie, Guangpu ^d   Xie, Junyi ^d   Deng, Tao ^b   Takeuchi, Gary T ^a   Tseng, Zhijie J ^a,e   Chang, Meeman ^b   Liu, Juan ^b   Wang, Yang ^f   Biasatti, Dana ^f   Sun, Zhencheng ^g   Fang, Xiaomin ^h,i   Meng, Qingquan ⁱ  

^a NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^c NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Gansu Provincial Museum   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^h INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

ⁱ BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Cenozoic mammals; Fishes; Paleoenvironment; Qaidam Basin; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; BIOCHRONOLOGY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CENOZOIC; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FISH; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOMAGNETISM; PALEONTOLOGY; VERTEBRATE; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QAIDAM BASIN; QINGHAI;

MAMMALIA; PISCES; VERTEBRATA; ZANCLEA;

EID: 34548830422     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.06.007     Document Type: Article

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