New selachian paleofaunas from "fluvial" deposits of the ferris and lower Hanna formations (Maastrichtian-Selandian: 66-58 Ma), Southern Wyoming

Palaios

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 249-258

  Wroblewski, Anton F J ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MAASTRICHTIAN; PALEOCENE; PALEOCHANNEL; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

CRETORECTOLOBUS;

EID: 3042773711     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1669/0883-1351(2004)019<0249:NSPFFD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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