Revised paleoecology of placodonts - with a comment on 'The shallow marine placodont Cyamodus of the central European Germanic Basin: Its evolution, paleobiogeography and paleoecology' by C.G. Diedrich (Historical Biology, iFirst article, 2011, 1-19, doi: 10.1080/08912963.2011.575938)

Historical Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 257-267

  Scheyer, Torsten M ^a   Neenan, James M ^a   Renesto, Silvio ^b   Saller, Franco ^c   Hagdorn, Hans ^d   Furrer, Heinz ^a   Rieppel, Olivier ^e   Tintori, Andrea ^f  

^a PALÄONTOLOGISCHES INSTITUT UND MUSEUM   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^c Muschelkalkmuseum Hagdorn Ingelfingen ^*  (Italy)

^d Muschelkalkmuseum Hagdorn Ingelfingen   (Germany)

^e FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cyamodontoidea; Cyamodus hildegardis; durophagous; Placodontia; sea cows; Triassic

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; HERBIVORY; MACROALGA; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY; REPTILE; TRIASSIC;

EUROPE;

PLACODONTIA; REPTILIA; SAUROPTERYGIA;

EID: 84861933936     PISSN: 08912963     EISSN: 10292381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2011.621083     Document Type: Article

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