Taphonomy of turtles in the Middle Eocene Bridger Formation, SW Wyoming

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 162, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 171-189

  Brand, Leonard R ^a   Goodwin, H Thomas ^b   Ambrose, Peter D ^c   Buchheim, H Paul ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ANDREWS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bridger Formation; Eocene; Paleoenvironment; Reptilia; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; EOCENE; PALEONTOLOGY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; TAPHONOMY; TURTLE;

UNITED STATES;

REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0034666439     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(00)00111-5     Document Type: Article

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