Erratum: A new lizard assemblage from the earliest Eocene(zone Wa0) of the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming, USA: Biogeography during the warmest interval of the Cenozoic (Journal of Systematic Palaeontology (2009) 7:3 (299-358) DOI: 10.1017/S1477201909002752);A new lizard assemblage from the earliest Eocene (zone Wa0) of the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming, USA: Biogeography during the warmest interval of the Cenozoic

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 299-358

  Smith, Krister T ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Climate change; Iguanidae; Latitudinal diversity gradient; Lepidophyma; PaleoceneEocene thermal maximum; Squamata

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EOCENE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; LIZARD; NEW SPECIES; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BIGHORN BASIN; UNITED STATES;

ALLIGATOR; AMPHISBAENIA; ANGUIDAE; ANGUIMORPHA; ANNIELLA; ANNIELLA PULCHRA; ANOLIS; BASILISCUS; CORYTOPHANINAE; IGUANIDAE; LACUNA; LEPIDOPHYMA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; VARANIDAE; VARANUS; XANTUSIA; XANTUSIIDAE;

EID: 74049099415     PISSN: 14772019     EISSN: 14780941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1477201909990083     Document Type: Erratum

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