Selective extinction of Triassic marine reptiles during long-term sea-level changes illuminated by seawater strontium isotopes

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 400, Issue , 2014, Pages 9-16

  Kelley, Neil P ^a   Motani, Ryosuke ^a   Jiang, Da yong ^b   Rieppel, Olivier ^c   Schmitz, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Durophagy; Extinction; Marine reptile; Sea level; Strontium isotopes; Triassic

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; EXTINCTION; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; OPEN WATER; REPTILE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEAWATER; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TRIASSIC;

REPTILIA;

EID: 84896545835     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.07.026     Document Type: Article

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