Taphonomy of mammalian fossils across the Blancan-Irvingtonian boundary: Palm spring formation, Anza-Borrego desert of southern California

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 129, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 81-108

  Cassiliano, Michael ^a,b  

^a Long Island University Dept of Earth and Environ Sci CW Post Campus ^*  (United States)

^b LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anza Borrego Desert; Blancan Irvingtonian boundary; mammals; Palm Spring Formation; taphonomy

Indexed keywords

BLANCAN/IRVINGTONIAN BOUNDARY; CAINOZOIC; MAMMAL; PALAEOECOLOGY; TAPHONOMY;

USA, CALIFORNIA, ANZA-BORREGO DESERT;

EID: 0030620834     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(96)00123-X     Document Type: Article

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