Island life in the Cretaceous - faunal composition, biogeography, evolution, and extinction of land-living vertebrates on the Late Cretaceous European archipelago

Zoltan Csiki-Sava; Eric Buffetaut; Attila Ősi; Xabier Pereda-Suberbiola; Stephen L. Brusatte

doi:10.3897/zookeys.469.8439

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ZooKeys 469: 1-161
https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.469.8439 (08 Jan 2015)

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Introduction
Europe in the Late Cretaceous: Paleogeography and Paleotectonics of an Ancient Island Archipelago
The Late Cretaceous Continental Vertebrate Faunas of Europe
- A. General Overview
  - Cenomanian
  - Turonian
  - Coniacian
  - Santonian
  - Campanian
  - Maastrichtian
- B. Santonian, Hungary (Iharkút and Ajka)
  - History of research
  - Geological setting
  - Faunal overview
- C. Lower Campanian, eastern Austria (Muthmannsdorf)
  - History of research
  - Geological setting
  - Faunal overview
- D. Santonian–Maastrichtian, Southern France
  - History of research
  - Geological setting
  - Faunal overview
- E. Campanian–Maastrichtian, Spain and Portugal
  - History of research
  - Geological setting
  - Faunal overview
- F. Coniacian and Campanian–Maastrichtian, Romania
  - History of research
  - Geological setting
  - Faunal overview
Discussion and Conclusions
- Late Cretaceous faunal composition, evolution and paleobiogeography
  - Faunal composition: distribution, endemism and provinciality
  - Faunal composition and evolution: the history of research
  - Faunal composition and evolution: the old European core
  - Faunal composition and evolution: the Asiamerican kinship
  - Faunal composition and evolution: the Gimmigrants
  - Interactions between Late Cretaceous Europe and other bioprovinces – origin, timing and route of faunal connections
  - Late Cretaceous faunal evolution in continental Europe
- Late Cretaceous island life
  - Insularity-related features of the European Late Cretaceous vertebrate assemblages
  - Insularity-related adaptations of the European Late Cretaceous island-dwelling taxa
- Events at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in the European Archipelago
  - Dinosaurs
  - Other vertebrates
  - Patterns of extinction and survival near the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary
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