A new late Paleocene vertebrate fauna from the Ohio Creek formation of Western Colorado

Mountain Geologist

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 141-150

  Burger, Benjamin John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONGLOMERATE; FOSSIL; LITHOLOGY; MUDSTONE; PALEOCENE; SILTSTONE; TAXONOMY; VERTEBRATE;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; PICEANCE BASIN; UNITED STATES;

BOREALOSUCHUS; COMPSEMYS; EUSUCHIA; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 35348972497     PISSN: 0027254X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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