First record of Lancian (Late Cretaceous) mammals from the Hell Creek Formation of southwestern North Dakota, USA

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 633-643

  Hunter, John P ^a   Pearson, Dean A ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pioneer Trails Regional Museum   (United States)

Author keywords

Biochronology; Mammalia; Paleobiogeography; Williston Basin

Indexed keywords

AMMONOIDEA; MAMMALIA;

CRETACEOUS; HELL CREEK FORMATION; LANCIAN; MAMMAL; PALAEOBIOGEOGRAPHY;

USA, NORTH DAKOTA;

EID: 0030438896     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cres.1996.0034     Document Type: Article

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