Pre-Late Wisconsinan Pleistocene biota from southeastern Michigan, U.S.A.

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 133, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 81-101

  Karrow, P F ^a   Seymour, K L ^b   Miller, B B ^c   Mirecki, J E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^c KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d School of Business   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acides; Michigan; Mollusca; Quaternary; Vertebrata

Indexed keywords

BIOTA; FISH; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL MAMMAL; FOSSIL MOLLUSC; MAMMAL TAXA; MOLLUSC; OSTRACOD; PLEISTOCENE; WISCONSINAN;

USA, MICHIGAN, MILL CREEK;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; DICROSTONYX; GASTROPODA; ILLINOIA; LEMMUS; LIOPLAX; LIOPLAX SULCULOSA; MAMMALIA; MARTES PENNANTI; MICROTUS XANTHOGNATHUS; MICTOMYS; MICTOMYS BOREALIS; MOLLUSCA; OSTRACODA; PICEA; PINACEAE; VERTEBRATA; VERTIGO ALPESTRIS; VERTIGO HANNAI; VERTIGO MODESTA;

EID: 0030750798     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(97)00020-5     Document Type: Article

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