Predation in Sabre-Tooth Cats

Palaeobiology II

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 420-423

  Valkenburgh, B Van ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonaceous spheroids; Cold climate; Fucoids; Georges cuvier; Palaeoecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 38749137964     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470999295ch.101     Document Type: Chapter

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