The Pipe Creek Sinkhole biota, a diverse late tertiary continental fossil assemblage from Grant County, Indiana

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 367-378

  Farlow, James O ^a   Sunderman, Jack A ^a   Havens, Jonathan J ^b   Swinehart, Anthony L ^c   Holman, J Alan ^d   Richards, Ronald L ^e   Miller, Norton G ^f   Martin, Robert A ^g   Hunt Jr , Robert M ^h   Storrs, Glenn W ⁱ   Curry, B Brandon ^j   Fluegeman, Richard H ^k   Dawson, Mary R ^l   Flint, Mary E T ^m  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

^b Irving Materials Inc   (United States)

^c HILLSDALE COLLEGE   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Indiana State Museum   (United States)

^f NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM   (United States)

^g MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

ⁱ Cincinnati Museum Center   (United States)

^j ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^k BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

^m IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; SINKHOLE; TERTIARY;

GRANT COUNTY; INDIANA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; AVES; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; EMYDIDAE; HEMPHILLIA; MAMMALIA; PISCES; SERPENTES; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA; ZANCLEA;

EID: 0035021408     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2001)145[0367:TPCSBA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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