Considerations on the age of the Tiouaren Formation (Iullemmeden Basin, Niger, Africa): Implications for Gondwanan Mesozoic terrestrial vertebrate faunas

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 271, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 259-267

  Rauhut, Oliver W M ^a   López Arbarello, Adriana ^a  

^a BAYERISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG FÜR PALÄONTOLOGIE UND GEOLOGIE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Dinosauria; Iullemmeden Basin; Jurassic; Tiouaren Formation; Vertebrate biostratigraphy

Indexed keywords

APTIAN; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; GONDWANA; JURASSIC; MESOZOIC; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; VERTEBRATE;

AFRICA; IULLEMMEDEN BASIN; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

DINOSAURIA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 58149102186     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.10.019     Document Type: Article

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