The paleoenvironments of Tugrikin-shireh (Gobi Desert, Mongolia) and aspects of the taphonomy and paleoecology of Protoceratops (Dinosauria: Ornithishichia)

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Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-70

  Fastovsky, David E ^a   Badamgarav, Demchig ^b   Ishimoto, Hideki ^c   Watabe, Mahito ^d   Weishampel, David B ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b Mineral Resources of MAS   (Mongolia)

^c Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^d Hayashibara Mus of Natural Sciences   (Japan)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEOLIAN SEDIMENT; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; ORNITHISHICHIA; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; PROTOCERATOPS; TAPHONOMY;

MONGOLIA, GOBI DESERT, TUGRIKIN-SHIREH;

DINOSAURIA; INVERTEBRATA; ORNITHISCHIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030967454     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3515294     Document Type: Article

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