Paleoecology of a late Paleocene (Tiffanian) megaflora from the northern Great Divide Basin, Wyoming

Palaios

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 439-448

  Gemmill, Chrissen E C ^a   Johnson, Kirk R ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b Denver Museum Natural History   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISON; BUBALUS; METASEQUOIA; METASEQUOIA OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 0000454994     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3515382     Document Type: Article

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