Taphonomic Analysis, Associational Integrity, and Depositional History of the Fetterman Mammoth, Eastern Wyoming, U.S.A

Geoarchaeology - An International Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 417-440

  Byers, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MAMMOTH; MORPHOLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENTATION; TAPHONOMY; TYPE SPECIMEN;

UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 0038201276     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.10020     Document Type: Article

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