High-precision 40Ar/39Ar geochronology and the advent of North America's Late Cretaceous terrestrial fauna

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 94, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 11163-11167

  Cifelli, Richard L ^a   Kirkland, James I ^b   Weil, Anne ^c   Deino, Alan L ^d   Kowallis, Bart J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b Dinamation International Society   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBIA; DINOSAURIA; HADROSAURIDAE; HELODERMATIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; ORNITHOPODA; SAUROPODA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; TYRANNOSAURIDAE;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; FAUNA; FRUIT; GEOLOGY; HISTORY; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; BODY CONSTITUTION; CLASSIFICATION; FOSSIL; LIZARD; MAMMAL; MARSUPIAL; METHODOLOGY; NORTH AMERICA; PALEONTOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIME; VERTEBRATE;

ARGON; RADIOISOTOPE;

ANIMALS; ARGON; BODY CONSTITUTION; FOSSILS; LIZARDS; MAMMALS; MARSUPIALIA; NORTH AMERICA; PALEONTOLOGY; RADIOISOTOPES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 0030611229     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.21.11163     Document Type: Article

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