A Late Cretaceous (Turonian) ichthyofauna from Lac des Bois, Northwest Territories, Canada, with paleobiogeographic comparisons with Turonian ichthyofaunas of the Western Interior Seaway

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1375-1389

  Fielitz, Christopher ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FISH; ICHTHYOFAUNA; PALAEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; TURONIAN;

CANADA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, LAC DES BOIS; NORTH AMERICA, WESTERN INTERIOR SEAWAY;

EID: 0030439151     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e96-103     Document Type: Article

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