Northward range extension of a diminutive-sized mammal (Ectocion parvus) and the implication of body size change during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 363-364, Issue , 2012, Pages 144-150

  Burger, Benjamin John ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Carbon isotopes; Eocene; Global warming; Paleocene; Piceance Creek

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BODY SIZE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE VARIATION; GLOBAL WARMING; HYPSITHERMAL; MAMMAL; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; RANGE EXPANSION;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84867626756     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.09.008     Document Type: Article

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