Mammals from the Late Jurassic Qigu Formation in the Southern Junggar Basin, Xinjiang, Northwest China

Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 295-319

  Martin, Thomas ^c   Averianov, Alexander O ^a   Pfretzschner, Hans Ulrich ^b  

^a ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Junggar basin; Jurassic; Liuhuanggou; Mammals; Qigu Formation

Indexed keywords

COAL MINE; DOMINANCE; JURASSIC; MAMMAL; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PALEOENVIRONMENT; TAXONOMY; VERTEBRATE;

CHINA; JUNGGAR BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

HARAMIYIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 78149407018     PISSN: 18671594     EISSN: 18671608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12549-010-0030-4     Document Type: Article

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