A Late Cretaceous (Turonian-Coniacian) high-latitude turtle assemblage from the Canadian Arctic

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2073-2080

  Brinkman, Donald B ^a   Tarduno, John A ^b  

^a ROYAL TYRRELL MUSEUM OF PALAEONTOLOGY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; TEMPERATURE;

BOREALOCHELYS AXELHEIBERGENSIS; EUCRYPTODIRE; TRIONYCHID; TURONIAN-CONIACIAN; TURTLE ASSEMBLAGE;

EARTH SCIENCES;

BIODIVERSITY; CONIACIAN; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; PALEOLATITUDE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; TURONIAN; TURTLE;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; NORTH AMERICA;

CONIACIAN; TESTUDINES; TRIONYCHIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33646414174     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e05-074     Document Type: Article

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