Models for the rise of the dinosaurs

Current Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Benton, Michael J ^a   Forth, Jonathan ^a   Langer, Max C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOTA; DINOSAUR; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; REVIEW; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOTA; DINOSAURS; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

DINOSAURIA;

EID: 84892765760     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.11.063     Document Type: Review

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