Extinction and recovery patterns of scleractinian corals at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 214, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 195-223

  Kiessling, Wolfgang ^a   Baron Szabo, Rosemarie C ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Corals; Cretaceous Tertiary boundary; Evolution; Mass extinction; Reefs

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CORAL; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; EVOLUTION; MASS EXTINCTION;

ANTHOZOA; BIVALVIA; ECHINOIDA; ECHINOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 7544232792     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(04)00421-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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