Jurassic tetrapods and flora of cañadón asfalto formation in Cerro Cóndor area, Chubut province

Revista de la Asociacion Geologica Argentina

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 613-624

  Escapa, Ignacio H ^a   Sterli, Juliana ^b   Pol, Diego ^a   Nicoli, Laura ^c  

^a MUSEO PALEONTOLÓGICO EGIDIO FERUGLIO   (Argentina)

^b Museo de Historia Natural de San Rafael   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Fauna; Flora; Jurassic; Paleobiogeography; Patagonia

Indexed keywords

BIOTA; DOMINANCE; EVOLUTION; FLORA; FOSSIL RECORD; JURASSIC; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; TETRAPOD;

ARGENTINA; CHUBUT; SOUTH AMERICA;

AMPHIBIA; ARAUCARIACEAE; CONIFEROPHYTA; CUPRESSACEAE; DINOSAURIA; EQUISETALES; FILICOPHYTA; MAMMALIA; SAURISCHIA; TESTUDINES; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 65549148097     PISSN: 00044822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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