Palaeoecological and palaeoenvironmental influences revealed by long-bone palaeohistology: The example of the Permian branchiosaurid Apateon

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 339, Issue , 2010, Pages 139-149

  Sanchez, Sophie ^a   Steyer, J Sébastien ^a   Schoch, Rainer R ^b   De Ricqlès, Armand ^c  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b STAATLICHES MUSEUM FÜR NATURKUNDE   (Germany)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; CLIMATE VARIATION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PERMIAN; PREDATOR; SUBSIDENCE;

APATEON; BRANCHIOSAURIDAE; SALAMANDRIDAE;

EID: 80053352724     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP339.12     Document Type: Article

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