Cretaceous paleogeography, paleoclimatology, and amniote biogeography of the low and mid-latitude South Atlantic Ocean

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 180, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 333-341

  Jacobs, Louis L ^a   Mateus, Octávio ^b   Polcyn, Michael J ^a   Schulp, Anne S ^c   Scotese, Christopher R ^d   Goswami, Argyha ^d   Ferguson, Kurt M ^a   Robbins, John A ^a   Vineyard, Diana P ^a   Neto, André Buto ^e  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c Grupo de Etnologia e Arqueologia da Lourinha   (Portugal)

^d NATUURHISTORISCH MUSEUM MAASTRICHT   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Angola; Angolasaurus; Chelonians; Cretaceous; Mosasaur; Paleobiogeography; South atlantic; Squamates; Turtles

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CRETACEOUS; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TAXONOMY; TURTLE;

AFRICA; ANGOLA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AMNIOTA; ANIMALIA; CHELONIIDAE; ELEPHANTIDAE; SAUROPODA; SQUAMATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 70350635861     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gssgfbull.180.4.333     Document Type: Article

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