Ammonoid habitats and habits in the Western Interior Seaway: A case study from the Upper Cretaceous Bearpaw Formation of southern Alberta, Canada

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 144, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 135-160

  Tsujita, Cameron J ^a   E g Westermann, Gerd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alberta; Ammonoidea; Cretaceous; Palaeoecology; Palaeoenvironment; Western Interior Seaway

Indexed keywords

AMMONITE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CRETACEOUS; HABITAT QUALITY; ONTOGENY;

CANADA;

EID: 0032533127     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(98)00090-X     Document Type: Article

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