An early Miocene dome-skulled chalicothere from the "Arikaree" conglomerates of Darton: Calibrating the ages of high plains paleovalleys against Rocky Mountain tectonism

American Museum Novitates

Volumn , Issue 3486, 2005, Pages 1-45

  Hunt Jr , Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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EID: 33845699429     PISSN: 00030082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2005)486[0001:AEMDCF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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