Splendid and seldom isolated: The paleobiogeography of Patagonia

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue , 2013, Pages 561-603

  Wilf, Peter ^a   Cúneo, N Rubén ^b   Escapa, Ignacio H ^b   Pol, Diego ^b   Woodburne, Michael O ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MUSEO PALEONTOLÓGICO EGIDIO FERUGLIO   (Argentina)

^c Museum Northern Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Argentina; Biogeography; Fossils; Gondwana; South America; Splendid Isolation

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; BIOGEOGRAPHY; FOSSILS; GONDWANA; SOUTH AMERICA; SPLENDID ISOLATION;

MAMMALS;

ECOLOGY;

CENOZOIC; FOSSIL RECORD; GONDWANA; MAMMAL; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PLANT; REPTILE;

ARGENTINA; PATAGONIA;

MAMMALIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 84878718227     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-earth-050212-124217     Document Type: Article

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