First isotopic (U-Pb) age for the Late Cretaceous Alamosaurus vertebrate fauna of west Texas, and its significance as a link between two faunal provinces

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 922-928

  Lehman, Thomas M ^a   McDowell, Fred W ^b   Connelly, James N ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; DINOSAUR; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

ALAMOSAURUS; MAMMALIA; PECARI TAJACU; QUETZALCOATLUS; SAUROPODA; TRICERATOPS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33846082322     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[922:FIUAFT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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