An island of dwarfs - Reconstructing the Late Cretaceous Haţeg palaeoecosystem

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 293, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 265-270

  Csiki, Zoltan ^a   Benton, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Dinosaurs; Island dwarfing; Island rule; Maastrichtian; Tetrapods

Indexed keywords

ANURA; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); DINOSAURIA; MAMMALIA; OSTRACODA; PISCES; SQUAMATA; TESTUDINES; TETRAPODA;

EID: 77955012755     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.05.032     Document Type: Editorial

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