Theropod teeth from the prince creek formation (cretaceous) of northern alaska, with speculations on arctic dinosaur paleoecology

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 675-682

  Fiorillo, Anthony R ^a   Gangloff, Roland A ^b  

^a Dallas Museum of Natural History   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA MUSEUM   (United States)

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EID: 0035526720     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0675:TTFTPC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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