A new lithographic limestone deposit in the Upper Cretaceous Austin Group at El Rosario, county of Múzquiz, Coahuila, northeastern Mexico

Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 401-418

  Stinnesbeck, Wolfgang ^a   Ifrim, Christina ^a   Schmidt, Harald ^a   Rindfleisch, Anja ^a   Buchy, Marie Céline ^a   Frey, Eberhard ^b   González González, Arturo H ^c   Vega, Francisco J ^d   Cavin, Lionel ^e   Keller, Gerta ^f   Smith, Krister T ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

^c Museo del Desierto   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^e DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^f PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coahuila; Fossil preservation; Konservat Lagerst tte; Limestone; Mexico; Upper Cretaceous

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646697717     PISSN: 10268774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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