Marine Breien Member (Maastrichtian) of the Hell Creek Formation in North Dakota: Stratigraphy, vertebrate fossil record, and age

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 361, Issue , 2002, Pages 247-269

  Hoganson, John W ^a   Murphy, Edward C ^a  

^a North Dakota Geological Survey   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAMMALS; SANDSTONE; STRATIGRAPHY;

DINOSAUR FOSSILS; ICHNOFOSSILS; LATE CRETACEOUS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NORTH DAKOTA; SHALLOW WATERS; UPPER CRETACEOUS; VERTEBRATE FOSSILS;

IRON OXIDES;

CRETACEOUS-PALEOGENE BOUNDARY; FOSSIL RECORD; IRON OXIDE; MAASTRICHTIAN; SANDSTONE;

NORTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 17244378656     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2361-2.247     Document Type: Article

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