Formation of the Isthmus of Panama

Science Advances

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  O’Dea, Aaron ^a   Lessios, Harilaos A ^a   Coates, Anthony G ^a   Eytan, Ron I ^b   Restrepo Moreno, Sergio A ^c,d   Cione, Alberto L ^e   Collins, Laurel S ^a,f   De Queiroz, Alan ^g   Farris, David W ^h   Norris, Richard D ⁱ   Stallard, Robert F ^a,j   Woodburne, Michael O ^k   Aguilera, Orangel ^l   Aubry, Marie Pierre ^m   Berggren, William A ^m   Budd, Ann F ⁿ   Cozzuol, Mario A ^o   Coppard, Simon E ^p   Duque Caro, Herman ^q   Finnegan, Seth ^r   Gasparini, Germán M ^e   Grossman, Ethan L ^s   Johnson, Kenneth G ^t   Keigwin, Lloyd D ^u   Knowlton, Nancy ^v   Leigh, Egbert G ^a   Leonard Pingel, Jill S ^w   Marko, Peter B ^x   Pyenson, Nicholas D ^v   Rachello Dolmen, Paola G ^a,s   Soibelzon, Esteban ^e   Soibelzon, Leopoldo ^e   Todd, Jonathan A ^t   Vermeij, Geerat J ^y   Jackson, Jeremy B C ^a,i,v   more..

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e Laboratorio de Sistemática y Biología Evolutiva   (Argentina)

^f FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^h FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^l FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^m RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^o FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^p HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^q Academia Colombiana de Ciencias   (Colombia)

^r UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^s TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^t DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^u WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^v DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^w WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^x UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^y UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; EVOLUTIONARY CHANGES; NATURAL EVENTS; PLIOCENE; REANALYSIS;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GEOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PANAMA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AMERICAS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FOSSILS; GEOLOGY; OCEANS AND SEAS; PALEONTOLOGY; PANAMA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

EID: 85026318195     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23752548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1600883     Document Type: Review

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