Patterns of mammalian evolution across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary

Zoosystematics and Evolution

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 175-191

  Clemens, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cretaceous Tertiary; Evolution; Mammalia; Recovery; Survival

Indexed keywords

EID: 85070120957     PISSN: 14351935     EISSN: 18600743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mmnz.20010770204     Document Type: Article

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