The Early Miocene Cape Melville Formation fossil assemblage and the evolution of modern Antarctic marine communities

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 47-59

  Whittle, Rowan J ^a   Quaglio, Fernanda ^b   Griffiths, Huw J ^a   Linse, Katrin ^a   Crame, J Alistair ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Assemblage; Community structure; Decapod; Early Miocene; Fossil

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; INVERTEBRATE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; INVERTEBRATES;

EID: 84895071657     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-013-1128-0     Document Type: Article

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