Depositional setting and vertebrate biostratigraphy of the Triassic Dockum Group of Texas

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 325-351

  Lehman, Thomas ^a   Chatterjee, Sankar ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dockum; Sedimentology; Texas; Triassic; Vertebrate biostratigraphy

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; PERMIAN; TRIASSIC; ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; FACIES ANALYSIS; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PHYLOGENY; TETRAPOD;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 22144434855     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02702953     Document Type: Review

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