Major features of the vertebrate diversity of the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota and their paleoecological implications

Journal of Earth Science

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 228-230

  Zhou, Zhonghe ^a   Wang, Yuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTA; CRETACEOUS; PALEOECOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VERTEBRATE;

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EID: 84859633473     PISSN: 1674487X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12583-010-0220-z     Document Type: Article

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