The Cenomanian-Turonian boundary mass extinction (Late Cretaceous): New insights from ammonoid biodiversity patterns of Europe, Tunisia and the Western Interior (North America)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 282, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 88-104

  Monnet, Claude ^a  

^a PALÄONTOLOGISCHES INSTITUT UND MUSEUM   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ammonoids; Cenomanian; Europe; Mass extinction; Tunisia; Western Interior

Indexed keywords

AMMONITE; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON ISOTOPE; CENOMANIAN-TURONIAN BOUNDARY; GLOBAL WARMING; MASS EXTINCTION; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEONTOLOGY; PHANEROZOIC; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AFRICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AFRICA; NORTH AMERICA; TUNISIA; WESTERN INTERIOR;

AMMONOIDEA;

EID: 70349487043     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.08.014     Document Type: Article

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