Environmental constraints on terrestrial vertebrate behaviour and reproduction in the high Arctic of the Late Cretaceous

• Published in: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
• Main Authors: Herman, Alexei B., Spicer, Robert A., Spicer, Teresa E. V.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV 2016
• Subjects: Late Cretaceous; Arctic; Plants; Dinosaurs; Climate; Nesting; Geography; Physical; Geosciences; Multidisciplinary; Paleontology; PRINCE CREEK FORMATION; CENTRAL NORTH SLOPE; HIGH-LATITUDE; ALASKA; FLORA; RIVER; PALEOCENE; EVOLUTION; KORYAK; Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED); Prince Creek; Koryak; north slope; Alaska
• Online Access: http://ir.ibcas.ac.cn/handle/2S10CLM1/25077; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.09.041

Reconstructions of temperature and moisture regimes based on fossil leaves, combined with tree ring studies, detail the light regime, length of the growing season, and summer and winter temperatures of the Late Cretaceous Arctic. Such constraints have important implications for dinosaur feeding and...