Gastropod evidence against the early Triassic Lilliput effect

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 147-150

  Brayard, Arnaud ^a   Nützel, Alexander ^b   Stephen, Daniel A ^c   Bylund, Kevin G ^d   Jenks, Jim ^d   Bucher, Hugo ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Universität Zürich ^*  (United States)

^e PALÄONTOLOGISCHES INSTITUT UND MUSEUM   (Switzerland)

^f ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; MOLLUSCS; SILICON;

LARGE-SIZED; MARINE ORGANISMS; MESOZOIC; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC MASS EXTINCTIONS; SIZE REDUCTIONS; SIZE-FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; TRIASSIC; UTAH , USA;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

GASTROPOD; MASS EXTINCTION; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ITALY; SERBIA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

GASTROPODA;

EID: 77950182507     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G30553.1     Document Type: Article

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