Keywords:
Paleoecology -- Antarctica.
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Electronic books.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (123 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9789400754911
Series Statement:
SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences Series
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=1030879
DDC:
566
Language:
English
Note:
Intro -- Late CretaceousPaleogene West Antarctica Terrestrial Biota and its Intercontinental Affinities -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- Abbreviations -- References -- 2 West Antarctica: Tectonics and Paleogeography -- 2.1 East AntarcticaWest Antarctica and Gondwanan Paleobiogeography -- References -- 3 Late CretaceousPaleogene Stratigraphy in the James Ross Basin -- 3.1 Late Cretaceous -- 3.2 Paleogene -- 3.2.1 Cross Valley Formation -- 3.2.2 La Meseta Formation -- References -- 4 South AmericaWest Antarctica: Pacific Affinities of the Weddellian MarineCoastal Vertebrates -- 4.1 Late CretaceousPaleogene Marine Fossil Vertebrates of the James Ross Basin -- 4.1.1 Neoselachii and Teleostei Fossil Fishes -- 4.1.2 Marine Reptiles -- 4.1.3 Whales -- 4.2 Weddellian Sphenisciformes: Systematics, Stratigraphy, Biogeography and Phylogeny -- References -- 5 The Terrestrial Biotic Dimension of West Antarctica -- 5.1 West Antarctica Paleoflora -- 5.2 Late Cretaceous Terrestrial Vertebrates of the James Ross Basin -- 5.2.1 Non Avian Dinosaurs -- 5.2.2 Avian Dinosaurs -- 5.3 Paleogene Terrestrial Vertebrates of the James Ross Basin -- 5.3.1 Gondwanatheres -- 5.3.2 Metatherians -- 5.3.3 Xenarthrans -- 5.3.4 "Insectivora" -- 5.3.5 Litopterns -- 5.3.6 Astrapotheres -- 5.4 Paleogene Environmental Reconstruction of the Cucullaea I (Ypresian) and Submeseta (Priabonian) Biotas -- 5.5 Correlation of the Cucullaea I Terrestrial Fauna with Early Paleogene Patagonian Faunas -- 5.6 West Antarctic Terrestrial Biota and Its Intercontinental Relationships -- References -- Acknowledgments -- AppendixSystematic and List of the Specimens of the Weddellian Sphenisciformes from Cross Valley and La Meseta Formations, Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula -- Systematic Paleontology -- Sphenisciformes Sharpe 1891.
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