Paleoecology of the early Eocene Willwood mammal fauna from the central Bighorn Basin, Wyoming

Paleobiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-31

  Chew, Amy E ^a  

^a Western University of Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; CLIMATE VARIATION; EOCENE; ESTIMATION METHOD; MAMMAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

BIGHORN BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 60949104143     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/07072.1     Document Type: Article

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