Palaeoecological analyses of Riversleigh's Oligo-Miocene sites: Implications for Oligo-Miocene climate change in Australia

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 276, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 24-37

  Travouillon, K J ^a,b   Legendre, S ^b   Archer, M ^a   Hand, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Australia; Body mass distribution; Cenogram; Oligo Miocene; Palaeoecology; Riversleigh

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CENOZOIC; CLIMATE CHANGE; MAMMAL; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND; RIVERSLEIGH WORLD HERITAGE SITE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 64949085463     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.02.025     Document Type: Article

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