Fossilized regurgitate from Smoky Hill Member of Niobrara Chalk (Upper Cretaceous) of Kansas, USA

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 443-450

  Hattin, Donald E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coprolite; Cretaceous; Kansas; Niobrara Chalk; Regurgitate

Indexed keywords

HAPTOPHYCEAE; PISCES; PTYCHODUS; VERTEBRATA;

COPROLITE; CRETACEOUS; FISH; NIOBRARA CHALK; REGURGITATE;

EID: 0030463354     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cres.1996.0027     Document Type: Article

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