Vertebrates from the middle?-late Cenomanian La Cabaña Formation (Asturias, northern Spain): Palaeoenvironmental and palaeobiogeographic implications

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 276, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 120-129

  Vullo, Romain ^a   Bernárdez, Enrique ^b   Buscalioni, Angela D ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cenomanian; La Caba a Formation; Late Cretaceous; Palaeobiogeography; Spain; Vertebrate palaeontology

Indexed keywords

CENOMANIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDEMISM; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; VERTEBRATE;

ASTURIAS; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); DINOSAURIA; SAUROPODA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 67349217413     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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