An oasis in the desert? History of endemism and climate in the Late Neogene of North China

Palaeontographica, Abteilung A: Palaozoologie - Stratigraphie

Volumn 277, Issue 1-6, 2006, Pages 131-141

  Fortelius, Mikael ^a   Zhang, Zhaoqun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Baodean; Dispersal; Fossil mammal; Miocene; North China; Palaeoclimate; Red clay

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; ENDEMISM; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MAMMAL; MIOCENE; NEOGENE; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEONTOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

CHINA;

EID: 37849186952     PISSN: 03750442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1127/pala/277/2006/131     Document Type: Article

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