Patterns of geographic variation in latest Cretaceous vertebrates: Evidence from the turtle component

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 361, Issue , 2002, Pages 177-190

  Holroyd, Patricia A ^a   Hutchison, J Howard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC HABITATS; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; DEPOSITIONAL MODELS; FLUVIAL SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION; NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; TERRESTRIAL HABITAT;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HETEROGENEITY; INVERTEBRATE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; TURTLE; VERTEBRATE;

GREAT PLAINS; MONTANA; NORTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 33845322880     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2361-2.177     Document Type: Article

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