Crocodylian diversity peak and extinction in the late Cenozoic of the northern Neotropics

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Scheyer, T M ^a   Aguilera, O A ^b   Delfino, M ^c,d   Fortier, D C ^e   Carlini, A A ^f   Sanchez R ^g   Carrillo Briceno J D ^h   Quiroz, L ⁱ   Sanchez Villagra M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Instituto de Biologia   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d INSTITUT CATALÀ DE PALEONTOLOGIA MIQUEL CRUSAFONT   (Spain)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^f FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^g SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^h Alcaldía Bolivariana Del Municipio Urumaco ^*  (Venezuela)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROCODILIAN; EXTINCTION; MIOCENE; NEOTROPIC ECOZONE; NEW SPECIES; PLIOCENE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYMPATRY; UPLIFT;

ARTICLE; CENOZOIC; CROCODILIAN; FAUNA; GEOLOGY; HYDROGRAPHY; MIOCENE; NEOTROPICS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLIOCENE; SPECIES EXTINCTION; STRATIGRAPHY;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FOSSILS; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PHYLOGENY; TIME FACTORS;

ANDES; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ALLIGATORINAE; ALLIGATOROIDEA; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCODYLUS; GAVIALOIDEA;

EID: 84878726981     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2940     Document Type: Article

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