Cretaceous tetrapod fossil record sampling and faunal turnover: Implications for biogeography and the rise of modern clades

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 372, Issue , 2013, Pages 88-107

  Benson, Roger B J ^a,b   Mannion, Philip D ^c,d   Butler, Richard J ^e   Upchurch, Paul ^b   Goswami, Anjali ^b   Evans, Susan E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Cretaceous; Faunal turnover; Fossil record sampling; Rock record

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLADISTICS; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CRETACEOUS; EXTINCTION; FOSSIL RECORD; HETEROGENEITY; RANGE EXPANSION; TETRAPOD;

ASIA;

CROCODYLOMORPHA; DINOSAURIA; EUTHERIA; IGUANIA; LEPIDOSAURIA; MAMMALIA; MONOTREMATA; SPHENODONTIA; SQUAMATA; TESTUDINES; TETRAPODA;

EID: 84873749234     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.10.028     Document Type: Article

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