Vertebrate diversity of the Jehol Biota as compared with other lagerstätten

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1894-1907

  Zhou, ZhongHe ^a   Wang, Yuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

diversity; Early Cretaceous; Jehol Biota; lagerst tten; vertebrate

Indexed keywords

DIVERSITY; EARLY CRETACEOUS; GERMANY; INNER MONGOLIA; JEHOL BIOTA; JURASSIC; MESOZOIC; SANTANA; TAXONOMIC DIVERSITY; VERTEBRATE; VERTEBRATE FOSSILS;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; MAMMALS;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CRETACEOUS; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; VERTEBRATE;

CHENGDE; CHINA; HEBEI;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; DINOSAURIA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; PISCES; SQUAMATA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78649949921     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-010-4094-9     Document Type: Article

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