Time and space coordinates of the late Cretaceous vertebrate succession in the Gobi Desert

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dc.abstract.enThe Late Cretaceous sediments of the Gobi Desert are one of the richest fossil assemblages of terrestrial vertebrates of that time in the world, yielding several thousand wellpreserved specimens representing hundreds of species (e.g., dinosaurs, lizards, and mammals). Although palaeontological exploration of the Gobi region has been going on for more than a century, there are still some unresolved issues regarding spatiotemporal relationships between particular faunistic assemblages. Due to the continental conditions of sedimentation, there are no marine fossils in the Gobi Basin, that hampers correlation with the global marine biostratigraphic standard. The lack of the volcanic rocks makes radiometric dating impossible. Hence, the precise age of the Gobi sediments remains problematic. Their provisional dating is based on comparisons of the local faunas with those better-dated (e.g., from North America). Moreover, even the relative age of each of the geological units (formations) in the Gobi Basin is unclear. There is no single section where the continuous succession of all the geological formations could be observed. Moreover, the vertebrates of the Gobi Basin do not help in solving the problem being highly endemic.
dc.abstract.plStreszczenie w języku pol. zob. zał.
dc.affiliationUniwerytet Warszawski
dc.affiliation.departmentWydział Biologii
dc.contributor.authorCzepiński, Łukasz
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-01T09:40:59Z
dc.date.available2021-12-01T09:40:59Z
dc.date.defence2021-12-10
dc.date.issued2021-12-01
dc.date.submitted2021-10-21
dc.description.promoterDzik, Jerzy
dc.description.promoterTałanda, Mateusz (promotor pomocniczy)
dc.description.reviewerCurrie, Philip
dc.description.reviewerDzik, Jerzy
dc.description.reviewerFarke, Andrew
dc.identifier.urihttps://repozytorium.uw.edu.pl//handle/item/4087
dc.languagepl
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsClosedAccess
dc.subject.enevolution
dc.subject.enSquamata
dc.subject.enDromaeosauridae
dc.subject.enCeratopsia
dc.subject.enGobi Desert
dc.subject.enDinosauria
dc.subject.plewolucja
dc.subject.plSquamata
dc.subject.plDromaeosauridae
dc.subject.plCeratopsia
dc.subject.plPustynia Gobi
dc.subject.pldinozaury
dc.titleTime and space coordinates of the late Cretaceous vertebrate succession in the Gobi Desert
dc.title.alternativeCzasowe i przestrzenne koordynaty sukcesji kręgowców w późnej kredzie Pustyni Gobi
dc.typeDoctoralThesis
dspace.entity.typePublication