Silurian atmospheric O2 changes and the early radiation of gnathostomes

Palaeoworld

Volumn 19, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 146-159

  Qu, Qing Ming ^a,b   Zhu, Min ^a   Zhao, Wen Jin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Atmospheric O2; Climate; Gnathostomes; Radiation; Silurian

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DEVONIAN; ECHINODERM; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; OZONE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; SILURIAN;

GNATHOSTOMATA (VERTEBRATE); INVERTEBRATA; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77953238809     PISSN: 1871174X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palwor.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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