The so-called "Paleophytic-Mesophytic" transition in equatorial Pangea - Multiple biomes and vegetational tracking of climate change through geological time

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 268, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 152-163

  DiMichele, William A ^a   Kerp, Hans ^b   Tabor, Neil J ^c   Looy, Cynthia V ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Extinction; Mesophytic; Paleobotany; Paleoecology; Paleophytic

Indexed keywords

BIOME; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLIMATE CHANGE; EVOLUTION; EXTINCTION; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOLATITUDE; PANGAEA; TRACKING; VEGETATION TYPE;

EID: 53049107195     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.06.006     Document Type: Article

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