Middle Turonian dinosaur paleoenvironments in the Upper Cretaceous Kaskapau Formation, northeast British Columbia

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 631-652

  Rylaarsdam, Jessica R ^a   Varban, Bogdan L ^a,b   Plint, A Guy ^a   Buckley, Lisa G ^c,d   McCrea, Richard T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Imperial Oil Ltd Resources Limited   (Canada)

^c Peace Region Palaeontology Research Centre   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; GEOPHYSICS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANNUAL TEMPERATURE; DINOSAUR TRACKS; PALEOENVIRONMENTS;

GEOLOGY;

CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLATITUDE; TURONIAN;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); DINOSAURIA; MOLLUSCA; OSTREIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33749122797     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E06-014     Document Type: Article

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