Early Paleogene stratigraphic sequences, mammalian evolution and its response to environmental changes in Erlian Basin, Inner Mongolia, China

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1918-1926

  Wang, YuanQing ^a   Meng, Jin ^b   Beard, Christopher K ^c   Li, Qian ^a   Ni, XiJun ^a   Gebo, Daniel L ^d   Bai, Bin ^a   Jin, Xun ^a   Li, Ping ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

^d NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

biochronology; environmental response; Erlian Basin; faunal turnover; mammal; Paleogene

Indexed keywords

BIOCHRONOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; ERLIAN BASIN; FAUNAL TURNOVER; PALEOGENE;

LITHOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

MAMMALS;

BASIN; BIOCHRONOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EOCENE; GEOLOGICAL TIME; LITHOLOGY; MAMMAL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOGENE; PALEOMAGNETISM; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TIMESCALE;

CHINA; ERLIAN BASIN; NEI MONGGOL;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 78649953997     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-010-4095-8     Document Type: Article

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