Santonian (late Cretaceou) mammals from the John Henry Member of the Straight Cliffs Formation, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 446-460

  Eaton, Jeffrey G ^a  

^a WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CRETACEOUS; FAUNA; FOSSIL RECORD; MAMMAL;

ALBERTA; CANADA; GRAND STAIRCASE-ESCALANTE NATIONAL MONUMENT; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 33745601400     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[446:SLCMFT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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