Taphonomy of the Late Cretaceous dinosaur-bearing beds of the Lano Quarry (Iberian Peninsula)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 157, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 247-275

  Pereda Suberbiola, X ^a,b   Astibia, H ^a   Murelaga, X ^a   Elorza, J J ^a   Gomez Alday J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Iberian Peninsula; Late Cretaceous; Palaeoecology; Taphonomy; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; FOSSIL; IBERIAN PENINSULA; PALEOECOLOGY; SEDIMENT;

CAMPANIAN; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; MAASTRICHTIAN; MAMMAL; REPTILE; TAPHONOMY;

SPAIN;

EID: 0034028809     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(99)00169-8     Document Type: Article

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