A re-evaluation of the 'mid-Cretaceous sauropod hiatus' and the impact of uneven sampling of the fossil record on patterns of regional dinosaur extinction

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 299, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 529-540

  Mannion, Philip D ^a   Upchurch, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Dinosauria; Dispersal; Extinction; Paleoecology; Titanosauria

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL RECORD; MASS EXTINCTION; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; SAMPLING;

AFRICA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AFRICA;

CONIACIAN; DINOSAURIA; SAUROPODA; TITANOSAURIA;

EID: 78651112143     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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