The rise of predators

Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 607-608

  Porter, Susannah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PREDATOR;

EID: 79959201901     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/focus062011.1     Document Type: Note

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