Marine tetrapod macroevolution: Physical and biological drivers on 250Ma of invasions and evolution in ocean ecosystems

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 400, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-8

  Pyenson, Nicholas D ^a,b   Kelley, Neil P ^a,c   Parham, James F ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary drivers; Special issue

Indexed keywords

AVES; CETACEA; CHELONIIDAE; MAMMALIA; PINNIPEDIA; REPTILIA; SAURIA; SERPENTES; SIRENIA; TESTUDINES; TETRAPODA;

EID: 84896542249     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.02.018     Document Type: Editorial

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