Vertebrate fauna of the late Campanian (Judithian) Fort Crittenden Formation, and the age of Cretaceous vertebrate faunas of southeastern Arizona (U.S.A.)

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 227, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 343-364

  Heckert, Andrew B ^a   Lucas, Spencer G ^a   Krzyzanowski, Stan E ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMPANIAN; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; FAUNA; FISH; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RADIONUCLIDE; REPTILE; VERTEBRATE;

ARIZONA; SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

ALBIA; ALLIGATOR; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); DINOSAURIA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1642618356     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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