Extreme ecosystem instability suppressed tropical dinosaur dominance
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dinosaur dominance Q:4; 5; 6 for 30 million years Jessica H. Whiteside, Sofie Q:7 Lindström, Randall Irmis, Ian J. Glasspool, Morgan F. Schaller, Maria Dunlavey, Sterling J. Nesbitt, Nathan Smith, and Alan H. Turner Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton, Southampton SO14 3ZH, United Kingdom; Department of Stratigraphy, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, DK-1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark; Natural History Museum of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84108-1214; Q:8 Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0102; Department of Geology, Colby College, Waterville, ME 04901-8858; Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180; Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912; Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061; Department of Biology, Howard University, Washington, DC 20059; and Department of Anatomical Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794
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