Comments on the paper "Reconnaissance of Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation ichnofossils, Rocky Mountain Region, USA: Paleoenvironmental, stratigraphic, and paleoclimatic significance of terrestrial and freshwater ichnocoenoses" by Stephen T. Hasiotis

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 200, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 141-150

  Bromley, Richard G ^a   Buatois, Luis A ^b   Genise, Jorge F ^c   Labandeira, Conrad C ^d   Mángano, M Gabriela ^b   Melchor, Ricardo N ^e   Schlirf, Michael ^f   Uchman, Alfred ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c MUSEO PALEONTOLÓGICO EGIDIO FERUGLIO   (Argentina)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PAMPA   (Argentina)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^g JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; ICHNOLOGY; JURASSIC; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; TRACE FOSSIL;

NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 34250890676     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2006.11.007     Document Type: Note

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